Nana joined the #togetherwemake 30 Day Craft Project challenge starting April 1. LoveCrafts has invited us to join in the #TogetherWeMake 30 Day Craft Project – a free, global craft project open to everyone! Each day brings a different theme for inspiration along with FREE patterns and project inspiration to keep you motivated.
Come see Nana’s projects for Days 15-18!! If you want to see all my creations, you can find the links in Part one HERE.
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National Hobby Month was created to to encourage people to try new hobbies. January is the perfect month to take up a new hobby and learn something new. New year, new you!
What hobby would you like to try??
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Well, it took a while but I am finally here with the final post in my Sewing for Charity series. And how timely, TODAY is International Day of Charity and what a better way to celebrate!!
As you may recall, I recently decided to support a special project by sewing dresses for girls. You can read how this sewing for charity project all started in Part One. Find out all about pillowcase dresses and what they are. And what made me decide to sew so many of them.
But what about the boys? Little Dresses for Africa also promotes sewing for boys with the Britches for Boys campaign.
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For the past month, I have been busy sewing dresses for charity – 20 dresses to be exact. Find out how this all started in Part One – Sewing for Charity.
I finally finished the 20 dresses and they all turned out so cute, it is hard to choose a favorite. And I had loads of fun decorating them to make each one unique.
In Part 4 of this series, not only do you get to see the dresses, I am including “How-to’s” on decorating the dresses along with the things I learned while making these beauties.
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I recently decided to support a special project by sewing dresses for girls. You can read how this sewing for charity project all started in Part One. Find out all about a pillowcase dress and what they are. And what made me decide to sew so many of them.
In Part Two – “Ready, Set, Sew”, my fabric arrived and I found a few patterns to use to make this cute little pillowcase dress.
This week, I had the opportunity to make the first pillowcase dress and share my version in a tutorial for those who are following along.
I recently decided to support a special project by sewing dresses for girls. You can read how this sewing for charity project all started in Part Qne. Find out all about pillowcase dresses and what they are. And what made me decide to sew so many of them.
As mentioned, when searching for pillowcase dress patterns, I stumbled upon this fabulous charity, Little Dresses for Africa (LFDA) that believes that every girl in the world should own at least one dress. Their mission is to plant in the hearts of little girls that they are worthy through the distribution of handmade little dresses, made of pillowcases by loving hands from all over the world.
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Over the next few months, I have a goal. I am planning to make approximately 20 dresses and 10 pairs of boy shorts. Why am I doing all this sewing for charity?
UPDATE: 4 more parts in this series have been released.
Read on and I will tell you the story of how this all started…..
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