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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

DRESSES NEEDED! Many requests for dresses!

Well, the Christmas season is upon us and I have just had 4 requests for dresses from 4 different organizations taking missions trips between now and February!

Ladies, start your sewing machines! I need help. I know everyone is busy at this time of year, I am as well. If you have any dresses you have sewn or started, could you try to finish them and get them to me asap? If you have time, could you sew a few up for me?

Help us bless girls this Christmas!

I was so thankful when a woman called me out of the blue just a couple weeks ago. It was days before her trip to Mozambique and she just heard about DAGATW. She wanted dresses for the next week. I had a couple of large boxes that I was tripping over in my sewing studio and was thrilled to send them with her to bless little girls for Christmas!

Now I have no finished dresses and have a student from Fordham University that would like some for a trip soon. She is coming home to CT around December 20th and I told her I'd have dresses. Another gentleman just contacted me this morning that he has a trip in early January and needs dresses by December 29th!

I know God will guide us to get these done. I am asking for your help. I planned an impromptu sewing date TONIGHT, December 11th at Cornerstone Church in Cheshire from 7-9pm if anyone can join us to help. The address is 1146 Waterbury Road in Cheshire. Come with your sewing machine and any supplies you may have. Any financial donations are welcome as well and are 100% tax deductible. Checks should me made payable to "Cornerstone Church-Dress a Girl ministry".

Thank you and I hope to see you tonight!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

How to make your own pretty bias tape!


Unlimited fabric pattern options!!! Love them!

I have had several requests for tutorials on how to make your own pretty bias tape. We all know how expensive it can be to purchase. Making it is so inexpensive and you can get many yards of bias tape from just one yard of pretty cotton fabric! Here are a couple links to sites with good tutorials!

Prudent Baby Bias Tape Tutorial

SEW pretty!

Scientific Seamstress Tutorial

This site has a printable card for feeding your strip of fabric into!

If you try any of these out, please post pictures for me! I tried it a few times and it is simple but time consuming. The up side is that it is super inexpensive and they are sooo much prettier than the plain colored ones we can buy in the stores!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

What a month it has been!

I am so grateful for all that has happened in this past month! It has been a mega month for Dress a Girl Connecticut!

Thanks to Farrah Duffany of MyRecordJournal.com's article and video news report on Dress a Girl Connecticut, this ministry has gone viral! The Associated Press picked up the article and it has run in a viral manner throughout New England in major and local newspapers! It still continues to run a few weeks later! I have been completely overwhelmed and swamped with calls, emails and requests to help from all over New England!

You can view the article and pictures here: MyRecordJournal.com-Dress a Girl Connecticut.

In addition, I have been contacted by the owners of an upscale store in West Hartford Center about partnering with them to celebrate girls and women! Two big events are in the works! What a blessing this is!!! I don't want to go into details yet as we are still solidifying plans but trust me, it is REALLY big & exciting!

I have been contacted by so many people! Everyone wants to help! So wonderful! We really need more help and here are ways you can become involved-even if you can't sew!

DONATE !!!

We need PILLOWCASES of all sizes and colors. We just ask that they not be see-through!

We can use lightweight cotton and cotton blend FABRICS in larger pieces. If you are/were a quilter and have fabric left over, we'd love it-just no tiny pieces please!