Mr. Softy, ok, ok...Blankey

In other sewing news...which is the craft du jour, I was working on a great little baby blanket gift and had enough fabric for an additional one for Sophia. Check it out! It came out beautiful and I only wish I had made if for her 2 years ago. I finished it in the evening this week and tucked it into bed with her. When she woke in the morning she came trotting out and asked "mom, who maked this for me?" I told her I did and she was so excited. She even wants to take it on the airplane instead of her old stand by "blankety"! All I can say it Nana, you arent the only one who can make a solid blankey!

The hum of the machine...

After clearing away a heap of sewing remnants (thread, scraps, pins....ect)in the middle of my bed, I am sitting down to just fill you in on the Dress A Girl progress! I presented the idea to the gals at church and they are in, committing to 100 dresses. Ill be completely honest, they may be nuts! Haha! Anyhow I have thrown my hand into the huddle and committed to work my hardest towards that big 1-0-0. My hope is that after what we make for the girls, be it two or 12 we can also offer a few up for sale to be able to donate money towards farm acres, goats, or a well too. Sounds strange, but gosh...if I could give a kid a goat.... Id be a happy gal!

As for actual sewing progress, I have completed 3 dresses. Tonight I hope to work on another one. So far I have widdled my time down to about 2 hours a dress rather than an entire afternoon for just 2. I am hoping to get one done tonight and Friday, putting me at 3 for the week(5 overall). Saturday it would be great to do some sewing also. My goal for our next meet up on the 21st, is to need more pillowcases! That would make the count 12!

If you are following along and thinking about contributing pillowcases will be half off this weekend the 14th at Goodwill! Make sure they are only very lightly used and very cute!

Prayers are also always appreciated!  Be sure to check out the pictures I post along the way!

Pillowcase Dresses Piling UP!

So to kick off the good ol' Blogging, I'll start off by saying I am not a great writer and my grammar from time to time could surely be better. On the other hand, I'm all in all a pretty interesting chick. Let's start there then. I'm an art school graduate and a bank teller in my real life. I have a biker husband and a 3 year old who both work hard to keep me crazy! When I'm not doing the mom, wife, banker thing, I love all things crafty. From one week to the next the project is always different. I just wrapped up an amazing 3 year birthday superhero adventure for my lovely Phia. As soon as the pictures were developed and of course made into their own story book I found myself in a rut. Not a crafty rut...I have crafty seeping out of my pores, but more of a project rut. What was next. Who was it for...? On the ride home from work one day I heard a news report about an organization that was called Dress a Girl Around the World". This group stitching wizards was busy taking an average pillowcase and a whole lot of heart and making dresses for girls around the world that were less fortunate.


At first I thought, that sounds like fun...and I could help someone. Then I thought...now wait a minute. Here are kids that need medicine, food, school supplies and I would be giving them a dress. That seemed a bit superficial to me. Then I started to think more about being a girl, having confidence, modesty, and well...lets be honest something a little pretty. I thought of how Sophia lights up when I come home with a new dress that I found on sale. I thought of how being able to provide that for her made all the difficult mommy days worth every second.


Well, I'm off to present the idea to my crafty gals at church and they are ready for the challenge. Today I scored 10 pillowcases at Goodwill. All sizes and colors! I cannot wait to get started! Ill try to post pictures of my adventures in sewing and also keep everyone updated on supplies that we need donated and of course how many dresses we have made along the way. Also, my challenge still stands...send me 1 pillowcase or 100 and I will see to it that each one will end up on a smiling little girl who desperately needs it.



www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com

http://www.hope4kidsinternational.org/h4wi



Pictures to come!!