Calling all novice seamstresses to be part of a beautiful movement in africa and other countries in need.
Dresses for africa pillowcases.
Nancy s notions has also assembled a dress kit for the pillowcase style dress and the lillian s dress designs.
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You can read more about sending your donation on the little dresses for africa website.
Volunteer teams travel to villages in africa to distribute the dresses and each distribution gathering provides a chance.
Shorts for boys are collected and distributed as well.
I decided to thread through a larger fabric sash through the casing at the top of the dress instead of the elastic in.
And all you need to donate is a pillow case and some time.
Nancy s notions can receive your dresses at the following address.
So here is a little closer view of the applique that we created for our pillowcase dresses.
We created 40 dresses to send over to africa.
Once finished you can connect with someone who is planning a trip to africa or some other location where dresses are needed or you can send your dresses to little dresses for africa or.
Little dresses for africa is collecting dresses made from gently used pillow cases or new in hopes of offering relief for these families in need.
Free pattern project sheet.
Since pillowcase dresses are designed to grow with the girl the patterns tend to be one size fits all i wanted my pillowcase dress to fit a bit better so i created three different pattern sizes.
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And these weren t just any ordinary pillowcase dresses these were machine appliquéd high quality pillowcases sewn by some of the best women and one man in the industry.
This post includes step by step instructions on how to sew the pillowcase dress with photos for you to follow.
The pillow case.
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