Half-term

Certainly been putting this fantastic advice into action this past week as it was half-term!!!




More dresses to appear shortly.

This weekend - It's was Christmas !!

Christmas is here!!!

This weekend was spent in Christmas spirit, as I have realised that I need a Christmas theme jumper for school as it is Save the Children - Christmas Jumper Day.  After a lot of fiddling around on the internet I decided that I would not spend £30 + on a jumper that I would not really wear.  After looking closely at some of the jumpers I thought 'I could make that' and so I set to it.

I headed off to buy a sweatshirt and a few sheets of felt and this is what I have created:

I am now really in the Christmassy mood and so I shall be scanning the internet for some more Christmas stitching.

Until next time ....

This weekend's stitching...

After spending a few hours both yesterday and today, I have managed to complete 6 dresses.  I hope that you are able to find one of your donations. 

 This dress has white lace and red dotty ribbon attached near the bottom but it is not visible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once again, thank you all for your donations and interest in this great cause.  I hope that you have all had a lovely relaxing weekend too.

 

Children in Dresses

Images of children in homemade dresses

I thought that it would be nice to display some of the photographs of children in homemade pillowcase dresses. Therefore providing an insight into what they look like and the difference it makes to these beautiful children.

                                            Ghana 2012

                                      Ghana 2012

                                      

                                      Ghana 2012

                                   Uganda 2012

     Home of Hope Orphanage, Malawi 2011

I am sure that these images will help warm your heart and make you smile,  it is clear to see, how much these simple dresses mean to these little princesses!!!

As promised...

I thought that as it was a nice sunny day I had better polish off my camera and take some pictures of the other dresses that have been made to date.  I am certainly picking up speed now as I am only needing to look at the instructions for sizing measurements.

I have tried to work to a variety of ages depending on the start size of the pillowcase, so here they all are so far:

This dress is fr a girl of 11 years of age

 

This dress is made for a little baby girl

 

This dress is for a little girl of 12-13 years of age

This dress is suitable for a girl of 9-10 years of age.

 

Once again, thank you x

Well here goes!

I thought that I would set up a little blog area in which to post my progress as I make and send dresses to this brilliant cause: Dress A Girl Around the World.  The idea behind DAGATW is to make pillowcase dresses to be sent to children who are not fortunate enough to own their own little dress. 
Working in a school this cause struck a chord with me and therefore i was determined to get sewing and hopefully perfect my new sewing skills along the way!

I have asked many people to donate unwanted pillowcases and material so I am able to make and send dresses to lots of beautiful little girls across the world.  Here is a picture of all the collected pillowcases and material awaiting my needle, thread and embellishments in my steamy sewing room!

To date I have made 5 dresses with one more almost completed.  My aim is to make a lot more before packaging them up, so that I can take advantage of the postal costs.  Unfortunately I only have one picture at the moment but more will follow so please keep your eyes peeled for any pillowcases that you have donated.

Right off to sew a little more before bed time.

Good night and thank you for reading and tracking your contributions!

Kerry