Friendly Reminder if contributing dresses

Just a friendly reminder to anyone who made contact that they will be contributing dresses. Today and/or Monday, 25th of February should be the last day of posting your parcel so it reaches my postal address by weekend. Thank you.

Donation #7/2019 - A parcel of 4 dresses and school supplies from Chrysoulla P.

This morning was delivered a parcel with 4 dresses and a bunch of school supplies (5 sets of pencil cases with pens and pencils) from Chrysoulla Paradissis.

Thank you Chrysoulla for your donation. Much appreciated.

Donation #6/2019 - Parcel of 15 dresses from the Faith Lutheran College Qld

I received this parcel with 15 dresses  in early January from Vanessa Lane of the Faith Lutheran College, Qld. These dresses were sewn as a project of her Sewing class students. Two of the dresses will be included in the Dress Distribution next month and the rest will be put on hold until a distribution for small dresses can be scheduled.

Thank you to Vanessa Lane for inspiring her students to make a difference by sewing dresses for the underprivileged children. Much appreciated.

Reminder on Guidelines on how to make Dresses

If you are thinking of donating dresses, please be guided with the guidelines on how to make the dresses and most especially on the materials to use. You must not use fabric materials where you can see your hand or the outline of your hand if you put it behind the fabric. We are trying to dress girls and giving them dresses made of thin materials defeat the purpose of us providing them with dresses to make them look decent and respected. I do not have the time to fix dresses donated that do not meet the guidelines so please I am asking anyone who wants to donate to follow my guidelines. Any dress received that is deemed to be not appropriate to be worn by a child will not be included in any distribution. Click on the link below to for the guidelines on how to make dresses. Thank you.

Guidelines on how to make dresses

Donation #5/2019 - Parcel of totes, undies & school supplies from Jayne

Fifth donation for the year is a parcel of 51 totes, 35 undies (7 packs of 5) and a bunch of school supplies from Jayne Hogan.

Thank you Jayne for your generous donation. Much appreciated.

Donation #4/2019 - 10 dresses & Undies & School Supplies from Colleen M.

A parcel of 10 dresses, 12 pairs of undies, 8 totes and a bunch of school supplies (8pcs per item) was sent by Colleen Mundt as her donation to Dress A Girl Australia's next distribution.

Thank you for all the goodies, Colleen. Much appreciated.

Feedback from Dress Distribution #112 - Oct 2018

Received this picture today of a dress distribution made last November in the Philippines (Barangay San Isidro of Cainta, Rizal) . This was a parcel that I handcarried in October and handed over to a good friend of mine to distribute. This picture shows a few of the dresses that were given away. Everything was given but the group was not able to take pictures of everyone receiving dresses and/or boys pair of t-shirts and  shorts.

Thank you to everyone who made this distribution possible.

Donation #3/2019 - 2 parcels of dresses from Judy N.

There are 2 parcels for Donation #3 from Judy Nicholson. The first parcel which had 6 dresses was received in January but only acknowledged today. The second parcel was received this month and had 14 dresses inside the parcel. A few of the dresses had undies in the pockets. This is the parcel of 6 dresses -

and the 8 dresses from the second parcel below -

So far I have a total of 20 dresses and 6 t-shirts from the 3 donations and a bunch of school supplies. Thank you to Judy for the generous donation. Much appreciated.

Donation #2/2019 - Dresses & T-Shirts & School Supplies from Monika

Second parcel received for February month is from Monika Osvald. Parcel included 4 dresses, 6 t-shirts and school supplies (pens, erasers,rulers and pencil cases). See below the contents of the parcel.

Thank you Monika. Much appreciated.

Donation #1/2019 - A couple of dresses from Jenny

A parcel of 2 dresses from Jenny Albiez for the first dress distribution for the year 2019.

Thank you Jenny. Much appreciated.

Facebook store now open to handle dress sponsorships

I have opened a facebook store that will handle sponsoring of dresses for Dress A Girl Australia. To check out the store, click on the link below -

"Sponsor A Dress"

or click you can click on the :Dress Sponsorship Program" tab at the top of the page

or click on the "Sponsor A Dress" box on the right navigation pane.

Checkout for any sponsorships will be handled by Paypal checkout once you click on 'Buy Now' and once payment has been made in paypal you will be returned to the store screen where your transaction id from the sponsorship will be displayed. The process is very simple and straightforward so why not check out my Dress A Girl Australia store and sponsor a dress. Thank you.

Any dresses to donate & school supplies? Please send me a message.

I will be going to the Philippines on Mar 9. If you have any school supplies (pens, pencils, notebooks), totes to donate, please send me a message. Any donations of handmade dresses between the ages of 6 to 10 only will also be great as this will be distributed to school-age children. I have about 12-15 dresses on hand so I think I will need about 30-40 dresses more. Thank you.

Dress A Girl Australia turns 8 today

I always wanted to do something good for humanity but I never knew what that would be and when am going to do it. Until one Sunday morning while browsing the internet for new fabrics to hoard I ended up in a site that dresses girls around the world. It started with just me and my sewing machine, a few fat quarters from my collection and a desire to learn how to make a pillowcase dress so I can send a couple to share with the less fortunate girls in Belize. 

My very first dress I made for a little girl in Belize. She must be about 9 years old today and I hope she is doing well. Click on the image to read the story about the dress.

Ten months later it has grown into a community of sewing enthusiasts who wants to share their skills and their passion for sewing. It has attracted individuals who have never sewn a dress before and for some don’t even own a sewing machine but are very eager to learn to make dresses for the children around the world who needs it. A growing community who like me imagines a world where every girl owned at least one dress for every girl deserves to own one . A crafting community who wants to make a difference in this world one dress at a time and make this world a better place. 

Some donors have moved on and new ones are still inclined to join. After 8 years today (today was the very first day I made a dress) I am still sharing whatever I have and  whenever I can to disadvantaged children in the world. Happy Anniversary to Dress A Girl Australia and after 10,018 dresses, 1,129 t-shirts and 1,946 pairs of shorts, 149 quilts, 91 school totes, boxes of school supplies, a Dress A Girl Well in Kalagi Uganda and almost 4 clean water tanks for the people of Vinh Long  Province of Cambodia, I hope I will always have the strength and discipline to keep on growing and making a difference in this world especially to disadvantaged children. Thank you to all who have joined me in this wonderful journey. Much appreciated.

Pre-Owned Kiln for Sale

Update on this item : this item is now sold.

I have decided to sell my kiln. It is 10 years old, well maintained and has only been used twice. I had it inspected two months ago and it is in great condition. For more details about the Kiln, please see below.

Pre-Owned Table Top Woodrow Kiln with BTC 9100 Digital Controller

Woodrow Table top kiln. Woodrow Kiln control box (programmable - automatic with heat and soak stages).

Measurements : Internal : 30cms x 30cms x 15cms
External : 50.5cms x 43cms x 30cms

Fitted with BTC 9100 digital controller is designed to allow automatic firing to a set temperature at a set rate of rise ( Ramp rate). Once the kiln has reached that temperature the kiln can then soak (dwell) at the set temperature for a set number of minutes.

For use with All Single phase 240 volt 10amp kiln & kiln arranged for plug-in remote mounting controls.

Controller set in degrees per minute. Comes with operating instruction manuals. Last inspected two months ago.

Pickup only. Casula near Liverpool.

If there is anyone interested or know someone who may be interested, I have it listed in ebay and in my Soft Treasures website or you can send me a message/email here. 
To check the item out in ebay, click here. To check it out from my website, click here.
Thank you.

    

Where to get 'Parcels Received' Information

If you sent me a parcel and you want to know if it has been received, all you have to do is click on 'Parcels Received' on the left navigation pane. This table will show all parcels received since Jan 2014. Thank you.

Left Navigation Pane -

Parcels Received Table since Jan 2014 -

Dress A Girl Australia's final statistics for the year 2018

It is finally here and shows that not much has happened with Dress A Girl Australia in 2018. Total dress distributions is 97 for the whole year and were distributed in the Philippines and Siem Reap, Cambodia during my personal travels to these two places in 2018.

Total dresses distributed from 2011 to 2018 is 9,907. It would have been nice if 10,000 was reached but due to financial reasons it just was not possible. Am looking forward to reaching this landmark in 2019.

Thank you to  everyone who made these numbers possible. 

Special Note : Effective last 1st of Jan 2019, the dressagirlaustralia,com.au website no longer existed. All details, information and most especially updates regarding Dress A Girl Australia activities will only be available on this site and important updates will also be available in Dress A Girl Australia's official facebook page. Dress A Girl Sponsorship of dresses have been moved to my personal commercial website. If you need to get in touch with Dress A Girl Australia, you can send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com or select the 'Contact Me' tab at the top of this page and fill up the contact form. Please be guided with these updates accordingly and note the official links below - Thank you.

To sponsor a dress, click on the link below -

Dress Sponsorship Program

To send an enquiry, click on the link below or select the 'Contact Me' tab at the top of this page -

Contact Dress A Girl Australia

To access Dress A Girl Australia's official facebook page, click on the link below -

Dress A Girl Australia's Facebook page

Parcels received today

Received today 2 express post parcels from the Faith Lutheran College (c/o Vanessa Lane) of Thornlands, Queensland. Acknowledgement of the contents of the parcels will be made at a later time. Thank you

Accepting Donations of School Supplies for Dress A Girl Australia's Education without Borders 2019 Project

Starting today, I will be accepting donations of school supplies for Dress A Girl Australia's Education without Borders 2019 project. Notebooks, paper, pencils, pens, erasers, rulers, handmade tote bags. sharpeners, pencil cases. With school supplies on sale at this time here in Australia in preparation for the new school year beginning end of January, please spare an extra dollar for an extra pen or pencil or paper for disadvantaged kids. To make a donation, please send me an email by clicking on the "send email" button below. Dress A Girl Australia supports education for every little girl around the world. Thank you. 

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