What a Week in Washington!!

This has been such a busy and wonderful week in Washington.  I was meeting with different people everyday this week.  I decided the best way to explain was to show you what happened at my house this week...

First there were dresses from Loretta... sew beautiful!

Next there were dresses from Anne... gorgeous!

And fabric donated by Betty... lovely!

Then a box came from Kim at Fabric Outlet... wonderful!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fabric-Outlet/218721408164376?fref=ts

On Thursday Sally came with more dresses... beautiful!

And a new sewer Linda... welcome!

Finally, I met with Maris and she gave me more dresses... adorable!

You might notice some of the dresses are made with donated fabrics from Bug Fabric... darling

http://www.bugfabric.com

Thanks to all for making this an amazing week for Little Girls!!

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Box Arrived!

Recently a group of ladies went together and sent this wonderful box of dresses from The Emma Jane Company!  They are sew cute and all the dresses are sized for me!!

Thank you sew much ladies!!!!

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The Kindness of Strangers

I love going to the fabric store!!  Recently I was visiting a lovely quilting shop north of us and I met Noel.  I was sharing with her about sewing dresses for little girls in need.  She said she thought it was a wonderful idea.  About two weeks later I received a phone call from Noel and she said that she had been cleaning out her fabrics and would I like to have some to make dresses.  I thanked her and of course said "YES!!"  When we met she opened the truck of her car and there was so much fabric.  My husband estimated that she gave us about 80 pounds of beautiful cotton fabric!!  I have already shared some of this fabric with two sewing groups and I wanted to share my first creations out of the fabric...

Thank you Noel!!!

If you are in Washington and you want to sew for little girls in need... I have everything thing you need to make dresses just send me an email at suzannesewdleightful@gmail.com

April Challenge

In April Kristy at Hopeful Threads put a challenge out on the internet... she wanted people to make 100 dresses.  By the end of the month ladies had sewn over 300 dresses.  Today I received a beautiful box...

Inside there are so many treasures...

It felt like Christmas!!!

Not only dresses but lace and fabric also!!

The box just kept pouring out the beautiful contents!!

and more...

Thank you to Kristy for starting all of this!!!

And thank you to very woman that sewed a dress!!

There will be many little girls smiling because of you!!!

From the Beginning to the End

A few months ago I received 3 boxes in the mail!!  The were all from Alice and her Sunday School class.  These girls... first through third grade... decided to do a pillowcase drive at their church.  They were allowed to make their announcement in church one Sunday morning.  They made posters and shared about sewing dresses for little girls in need.  And here is the results!!!

And here is the first dress made from these pillowcases!!

The dress in Cameroon

Thanks to Alice and all of these girls!!!

Free Panel

I love the internet... sewing and fabric ladies are often doing giveaways or sharing with others!  Anna at http://www.urbanstitches.com/ was giving away the cutest baby panels.  She asked that we sew something special out of the panels and if possible that we donate that something special... Well I decided to ask for the panel and made two baby dresses out of them.  The panels are adorable and made the cutest dress... I still have some more panels to be creative with but here is my first dress...

Thank you sew much Anna!!

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Thank You

Last week I received an email from a Navy Mom... they decorate pillowcases for the troops... but they can only use plain pillowcases.  She had 90 pillowcases and wondered if we could use them?  YES!!!
Yesterday the two boxes arrived...

I have already given out 5 of these pillowcases!!

And here is the first dress made from one of them!!

Thanks sew much Nancy!!

Fabric Donation

Bonnie stopped by and brought beautiful dresses

she always adds such cute accents... like the yoyo's on the pocket and at the neck!

She also surprised me with three bolts of coordinated fabric from a friend.  This fabric is a polished cotton in the most beautiful pale blues, pinks and greens.  I have given the fabric out to several sewers and here is the first dress that I made using all three fabrics...

Thank you to Bonnie and her friend!!

If you would like to help please email me at

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Dresses!!!!

This has been a wonderful week for dresses!!  Bonnie stopped by...

And then the Greenbank ladies from Whidbey Island stopped by

And Rita gave me dresses

And the Pathway Church ladies brought dresses

Wow!!!!

Over 90 beautiful dresses!!

Thank you everyone!!!

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Rainbow Box

I received a wonderful box from Laura... it had such beautiful, colorful dresses!!  

Here are some of the dresses.  I love Laura's choice of fabrics!

I loved the combinations of fabrics and bindings!!

 

And adorable accents!!

 

Here are the larger sized dresses

 

And here is my favorite fabric.  

Thank you Laura for all of your wonderful dresses!!

Many girls with be smiling very soon.

I have already sent one of these dresses out with the dresses going to Cameroon

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Thank you!!

Yesterday Joyce and I were invited to pick up a donation of fabric.  Bug Fabrics is an online fabric store with beautiful cotton fabrics!!  When we got there we met the owner and she showed us her fabulous warehouse of fabrics.  We also met met two of her wonderful staff...

And we were able to visit for awhile... they are truly generous people!!

Because here is what Bug Fabrics shared with Dress A Girl Around the World

29 partial and full bolts of the cutest fabric that you could wish for.. along with several loose pieces of fabric.  Joyce and I had so much fun going through the fabrics and exclaiming over the adorable prints!!  I just could not wait to start sewing... so I didn't... here is the first Bug Fabrics Dress of 2012

Thank you sew much Bug Fabrics!!!

Please visit their website and see the beautiful fabrics for yourself

http://www.bugfabric.com/

Mail Surprises!!

Boxes are always fun surprises... who is it from, who is it for, what is in it!!??  Last week I received a lovely box from Tina.  She had been shopping at Etsy and found the cutest pillowcase dresses and they were on sale... and she thought of us.  She had been reading this blog and decided to send them to me.  Here they are

Aren't they adorable!!

And now two of these dresses are on their way to Nicaragua!!

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Email Surprises

It is always fun to open up my email and see those words...

I have dresses!!

Today I received an email from Sally saying that she has 21 dresses all ready.

And a few days ago I received a call from Sally and here is what she brought...

I love getting these dresses...

We want to show these girls that they have worth and that someone cares!!

Do you care?

You can 

Sew

Donate fabric or pillowcases or lace or money

Tell others

come to a group and cut or iron or package dresses

Please consider helping!!

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The Last Three Days

This is what I have been doing for the last three days... thanks to a donation from an estate sale!!

Washing... Ironing and Organizing...

And now I have an idea!!

Making patch-work dresses!!

It is always fun to get packages in the mail!!!

Yesterday I received 3 boxes in the mail!!  They were all from Alice and her Sunday School class.  These girls... first through third grade... decided to do a pillowcase drive at their church.  They were allowed to make their announcement in church one Sunday morning.  They made posters and shared about helping girls in need.  And here is the result!!!

And here is the first dress made from these pillowcases!!

Thanks to Alice and all of these girls!!!

This is Why we Sew...

This is why we sew!!

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We have sew many people to thank!!

Daily I am amazed by the generosity of so many people.  Once they hear about helping these little girls in need they are excited to help.  I have met people at garage sales, ladies in line at the fabric store, vendors at the Sewing Expo, Polyvore ladies, friends, businesses, and relatives... all wanting to help.  One person will give money, another will post a picture and spread the word about the campaign, another will collect pillowcases, another will sew, another will donate fabric, and another will support me with comfort when the road gets tough.  In a world where there is so much hate and violence, we are all working together to change the lives of these little ones. We pray for them and we tell we love them by using our gifts and talents.  We recycle in the most wonderful way... making that gently used pillowcase in a new creation.  We built friendships with each other.  I do not believe that I have ever seen a project that is sew logical or one that does so much with so little!!

Here are two of our sewers discussing how to finish this adorable dress.  

Now my question is...

Is there a way you can help?

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Little Ones

She received a dress and prayer doll in January!

There still little ones waiting for dresses.

Can you help?

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The Generosity of Strangers

Today I went to an estate sale because it listed

fabric

quilting

and sewing machine

amongst the description.

I was hoping to find some wonderful fabrics to make dresses for the little ones.

I found that but I found so much more.

The family was so generous

They wanted to know all about helping little girls with sewing dresses

And they shared about their mother Hazel

Her love of sewing

Her love of quilting 

Her love for her family

A few of the wonderful items I got today

Hazel's Machine

As I was leaving the family gave me Hazel's machine and said that Hazel would have loved to have sewn with us and in giving her machine they felt that she was sewing with us...

The first dress made with Hazel's fabric

Thank you Anna and Becky and all of your family!!

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