Gone past the 1500 Mark !!

WooHoo!! I think I have gone past the 1500 mark on dresses to collect for 2012. As of this writing, this is where Dress A Girl Australia is -
On dresses -

On pairs of shorts -

And I have practically over 50 days left to go -

The status of the dresses tells me that I need 30 more dresses to make it to 1500 but I actually have made about 45 dresses which is not included anywhere in the count yet. I have been sewing dresses whenever I feel like making one but just folded them and put in the corner. The only number of dresses included in the count are the dresses I donated for the Charity Auction where I needed to make a match for the donated items. But it looks like more work is required for the pairs of shorts as I still need about 185 as I have pairs of 10 not included in the latest count of 299.

WooHoo!! We made the target of 1500 dresses. And with 56 days more to go, the 200 is attainable.

Thank you so much to everyone for helping Dress A Girl Australia achieve its goal of dressing 1500 less fortunate girls around the world in 2012. I am pretty sure more dresses will be coming...so keep them coming as the more dresses we make the more happy children we can make. Thank you.

1500 Goal Update

Perhaps a few more acknowledgments for the year FY12 and the next chapter of donation acknowledgements will be opened for the 'Make-it or Break-it" Christmas Charity Drive. I would probably say that any donations and/or contributions received after the 15th of October (which is about a week from now) will be categorized as donations received for the Christmas Charity Drive.  

I was planning to do two 30-day sewing marathons this year and still havent done it and based on my current schedule I do not think I would be able to do it. In late August, I ambitiously committed to try to do more sewing up to the end of the year with a goal of sewing at least 200 dresses and 50 pairs of shorts (numbers I committed early this year). This probably is not a very realistic commitment if I think of the number of weeks left for the year, handmade items I need to make and sell to take advantage of the Christmas season and including my work schedule but I always like to set tough goals for myself. As of today, here is where I stand in the 1500 dresses for the year 2012 and my personal sewing goal.

      Collect 1500 dresses and 500 pairs of shorts by the end of the year (31-Dec-2012)
                           Dresses Collected   1242   Dresses to Go   258
                           Shorts Collected      242   Shorts to Go     258

      Personal sewing goal of 200 dresses and 50 pairs of Shorts (31-Dec-2012)
                           Dresses Sewn        25       Dresses to Go   175
                           Shorts Sewn          12       Shorts to Go      38

*** We are about 86 days away from the end of the year.

It looks like it is still a long way to go...but am not one who easily gives up. When the going gets tough...the tough gets going they say....so I will see what I can do.