Update on Dress Sponsorship Form

I received my first batch of dress sponsorships today and I noticed that I have not updated the form that was filled up. It still mentions the construction of a well for clean water in Kalagi Uganda which is now complete and has been handed over to the community two months ago. I have now updated the form for the proceeds from the dress sponsorships now focused in supporting the construction of a Training Centre and Guesthouse in the community of Soibada Timor Leste. My apologies to those I had confused with the form. Thank you.

Sponsor a dress for the children of Soibada Timor Leste

If you want to help make a difference to the lives of the children in Soibada Timor Leste, why not sponsor a dress for $10.00. Proceeds from the sponsorship will be donated to the Pittwater Friends of Soibada to help raise funds to complete the Training Centre and Guesthouse. Again, that is hitting two birds with one stone. A dress for a girl or a t-shirt/pair of shorts for a dude and at the same time help complete these two buildings being constructed. To sponsor, click on the link below -

Dress Sponsorship Program

Thank you and please help spread the word.

Parcel #2 to 4 of 27 dresses for the month of August (Week 2A)

More dresses are coming in for my new active projects for September and October distributions including a batch which I am allocating for Christmas distribution.
1) A parcel of 5 dresses from Denise Scott which is allocated to Project Cabaraban (Distribution #88/1B -09/2015)

2) A parcel of 6 dresses and a pack of undies from Lesley Kroese which is allocated as well to Project Cabaraban (Distribution #88/1B -09/2015)

3) A parcel of 16 dresses which was sewn by a group of ladies at the Erina Hobbysew Store organized by Monica Poole of Monica Poole Designs in collaboration with Millhouse Collections. These batch of dresses will be allocated for Christmas distribution.

and these are the group of ladies having fun making these dresses during their sewing bee -

Thank you to Denise, Lesley and Monica and the group of ladies who attended the sewing bee for the wonderful dresses. Much appreciated.

Dress Distribution #91/1A - 10/2015 for Project Soibada Timor Leste

Dress Distribution #91/1A for distribution in October is now open for dress donations. These dresses will be taken to Soibada Timor Leste c-o Tamara Harding, chairperson of the Pittwater Friends of Soibada. I will not be putting a maximum number of dresses to donate. I will leave it to each donor to think and make a decision as to what is the fair number of dresses to donate. This will be the first of many distributions I hope. Sizes should be between 6 to 12 years old and must meet the guidelines on how to make dresses and if possible dresses should have sleeves. The girls in the village need these dresses badly so make it special and long-lasting. All dresses have to be in my postbox by Wednesday, 30th of September to allow me more time to sort, organize and deliver the goodies to Tamara. Any questions on this distribution, please make a comment here or send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com. Thank you,

More to Match Fundraising Drive

December month is fast approaching and still eager and hoping to make a Christmas distribution, I have added more items to sell to help raise money for postage. Please check them out as all proceeds goes to a very worthwhile cause.
1. Oil Lamps by Crisa. There was a time when I thought glass painting would be great and what better goodies to use than these oil lamps by Crisa. Great for candlelight dinners and for those crafters out there who are into glass painting.

2. I have bags and bags of fabric scraps I thought I should start making something out of it, make the scraps more productive and help raise funds so I came up with this sexy dress. Remembered my senior prom when it was cool and sexy to wear a dress like this. Now I have made a replica of it through a handmade card using recycled Kraft blank cards. Inside panel is blank for personalized message and comes with a matching recycled Kraft envelope. A great handmade card to give to someone for any occasion...and knowing that for each card that sells...it makes a difference to a life of a disadvantaged kid (although the dress the kid receives and wear is not as sexy as this. :-) )

3. If you prefer to read books and magazines - click on the link below - and select a variety of great craft books and magazines still on sale. I have also added baby and kids fabric panels from my personal collection as it looks like I do not have the time to make something out of them so I might as well sell them and make a difference.

Craft Books, Magazines, Patterns and Fabric panels on Sale

4. And the best way to make a difference is to sponsor a dress if you are not into sewing or do not have the time to sew. Sponsor a dress for a girl or a t-shirt/pair of shorts set for a dude through my Dress Sponsorship program. Each for a price of perhaps 3 cups of coffee. Click on the link below to make a choice -

Dress Sponsorship Program

All proceeds goes to a very worthwhile cause. A big sacrifice on my part when all these should be going to my pocket instead I chose to sell them and help me raise money to pay for the cost of distributing dresses, share whatever small fortune I've got and make a difference to the lives of the disadvantaged children. Please help spread the word.

Parcel #1 of 16 dresses for the month of August (Week 1) from the Stitchers cupboard

Picked up yesterday a parcel from the Stitchers Cupboard of Camden NSW which had 16 dresses inside. I believe this fabric shop made these dresses in collaboration with the Millhouse Collections, a wholesaler of fabrics and a fabric donor to Dress A Girl Australia. These dresses will be included in the September Distribution.

Thank you to Kathy Vanbeers for sending the dresses. Much appreciated.

Dress Distribution in September

September being my birthmonth I will be making a dress distribution. To those who would like to make dresses and make a donation, feel free to do so but with a maximum of 5 dresses per donor and/or 20 dresses for a group only. Dress sizes between the ages of 6 to 12. Please note quality of dresses should be adhered to per guidelines on how to make dresses. All dresses should be in my postbox on or before Thursday, 10th of Sept to give me more time to sort, pack and send as the group who will be distributing are available only at the end of the month of September. 

Postal address is Dress A Girl Australia, P.O. Box 240 Casula Mall Casula NSW 2170. Thank you.

Shared from The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

July Parcel #2 - Boys t-shirts & shorts sets from Monika

The second and last parcel to arrive for the month of July consists of 22 pairs of Short/T-shirts set, 6 t-shirts, a schoolbag and 6 mini bags from Monika Osvald.

Heartfelt thanks to Monika for these wonderful donations for disadvantaged boys. Much appreciated.

Succulents for fundraising

I am so excited that after 3 weeks my succulents have grown. In a few weeks I will be able to sell them at ebay and raise more money for postage.

Feedback on Dress Distribution #96 -c/o DFG MM Philippines

Here are pictures taken from the dress distribution #96 (c-o DFG MM Philippines) made in Cagayan headed by Karlea F. to the kids of Natappian West, Solana, Cagayan, Philippines.

To see more individual and larger pictures taken from the distribution, please click here.

Thank you to Days for Girls Metro Manila Philippines' group and to Kap. Richard and all the barangay officials of Natappian West, Solana for helping make this distribution successful and also to the dress donors for making this distribution possible. Thank you.

July Parcel #1 - 40 dresses from the Patchwork Angel

Sent by Penny of theThe Patchwork Angel fabric shop of Buderim Queensland are these 40 lovely dresses. These dresses will be included in my planned September special  distribution.

Thank you for the lovely dresses and postage assistance. It is much appreciated.

Make and Learn Sewing Bee #2

Natascha of Make and Learn, Sydney has done it again. A sewing bee with her customers. Thank you Natascha. Thank you for your consistent support to this campaign. Much appreciated.

More items for fundraising

July is about to end and I really need to see if I am able to save a lot for postage for Christmas distribution. So I have added a few more items to my fundraising drive sale. If there is anything you like, please make a purchase as proceeds goes to a very worthwhile cause.
1) Two more books on Kids and Jewellery - Click on the image to check them out -

2) D-I-Y Craft Kits. Knit your own teddy bear and braid craft kit - Click on the image to check them out -

3) Sisterhood of Purple Block Panels. These panels is over 10 years old. I must have saved it for future use and totally forgot about it until yesterday when I found them in a box. I do not think I have the time to make something out of it so I have decided to sell. Proceeds will make disadvantaged kiddies happy instead of just keeping them in my drawer. Click on the image to check these block panels -

I found a lot of handmade magazines and special issues. Some of these have only been read once or knowing me and my schedule I probably just bought it and didnt have a chance to look at all the pages of the magazines. At first I was thinking of just dropping them off in charity bins but then I realized if these magazines were to be sold by the charity shops I might as well sell them myself and raise money out of it as I also desperately need funds. At a dollar or two plus postage of $2.10, I can see myself earning about 40 dollars from these publications. So once I have taken pictures of each of these magazines, I will be posting them in my Dress A Girl Australia shop for anyone to browse and make a purchase if they like one -

These magazines are not just on sewing or quilting. There are also magazines on bagmaking, cardmaking and papercrafting. Quite a selection and proceeds goes to a very worthwhile cause.

Please help spread the word around!

Feedback Distribution - Project Vietnam - 24-July-2015

Here are a few images from the dress distribution #93) made in Vietnam c-o Cause Corps.

To see larger and individual images of the distribution, please click here.

Thank you to Steven Ma and his group for sparing the time to distribute dresses to the kiddies in Vietnam. Much appreciated

Sponsored Dresses for the week ended 24-Jul-2015

Three dresses were sponsored this week.  Two dresses by my siblings and were allocated to the parcel for South Africa (Distribution #97) and one dress by Jac Dow and allocated to Project CDO Cabaraban - Distribution #88 Parcel 1B for September distribution.

Thank you to the sponsors for their kindness and generosity.

Status of dress collection

May i request that you do not send me any dresses at this time. i am still trying to raise money for postage which is very slow. if i cannot raise money i cannot afford to pay the cost of distributing the dresses you donate and i do not have space to store the dresses. so please understand. do not send me anything as i have no plans of distributing at this time. when i am ready i will make an announcement. thank you.

Dress Distribution #97 for South Africa

These parcels of dresses were originally meant for Cambodia but because connection with supposed to be recipient could not be established, I decided to send it to South Africa instead. The first parcel has been sent on the 18th of July (click here to see postage cost). Parcel #2 will be sent once the first parcel has been received to avoid issues at their local postoffice. 

I wasnt able to get a picture of the first parcel as I was in a hurry to make sure the postoffice would still be open but here is parcel #2 -

Here are the contents of the two parcels of 41 dresses -

made possible by the following donors and dress sponsors -

1) Millhouse Collections (sewn by Dress A Girl Australia)

2) T-shirts by Megan Jones, Joan Wolf, Lesley Kroese and Monika Osvald

3) Yvonne Henderson

4) Monique Naranjilla

5) Fabi Sun

6) Lesley Kroese

7) Frances Cornish

8) Two Bettys' Betty Barrett and Betty Paull

9) Dress A Girl Australia

To see larger and individual images of the dress collection, please click here.

Thank you to everyone for making this distribution possible. Much appreciated.