Dresses For Africa Pillowcases

The pillow case.

Dresses for africa pillowcases.

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. 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. Shorts for boys are collected and distributed as well. And all you need to donate is a pillow case and some time.

See more ideas about little dresses pillowcase dress sewing for kids. See more ideas about pillowcase dress pillowcase dress pattern baby sewing. Little dresses for africa pillowcase pattern you will want to collect pillowcases prior to your event and may want to have multiple sewing opportunities. 2t to 5 6 to 10 and 12 to 16.

Little dresses for africa was started to show these girls that they are also cared for and to bring them a bit of joy from a new dress made from a simple pillowcase. So here is a little closer view of the applique that we created for our pillowcase dresses. 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. Free pattern project sheet.

Volunteer teams travel to villages in africa to distribute the dresses and each distribution gathering provides a chance. I decided to thread through a larger fabric sash through the casing at the top of the dress instead of the elastic in. Nancy s notions can receive your dresses at the following address. Mar 12 2020 explore kay anders s board dresses for africa followed by 256 people on pinterest.

You can read more about sending your donation on the little dresses for africa website. I used my 15 minute pillowcase pattern to create the pillowcase found here and then i used part of the dresses for africa free pillowcase dress pattern found here i changed up the way that the top of the dress was sewn. We created 40 dresses to send over to africa. Nancy s notions has also assembled a dress kit for the pillowcase style dress and the lillian s dress designs.

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.