Peggy Pickles, are you out there? Well, I have to thank you, once more for your Pillowcase Dress Challenge. I really feel enriched by it. After seeing Peggy’s posts, I started making dresses too- I needed a balance between my spoiled self and reality, you know?
While I spend most of my time laid up on velvet with a glossy mag, caramels and my dachsie minions, I can get a little forgetful of the rest of the planet. So every month I try to use all of my excess fabric from my projects and make at least 5 dresses to send out. I’m really enjoying this- sometimes I want the activity of sewing but not the planning, scheming and whatnot that an assault on Lisette can entail, you know? Here’s a little sampling of this months mailing:
Look familiar? It’s from my eye-searing Cynthia Rowley
This is from a future post- possibly to be titled “Tales of a retro Vogue Hunchback’.
Somewhere out there a child is just as gaudy as little me. Aw…..
Here is a link for an organization that is inside the US for anyone who wants to be involved but faints at the sight of the international shipping costs:
thanks for indulging me. Don’t you think that they should change their title to ‘Gaudy Little Dresses for Africa’ to better suit what I can offer them? I’ll get a petition started.
photo credits:little me, NY Public Library archives
That sounds like a great charity, and probably a great way to use up those little scraps left over from projects.
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I’ve figured out, it’s 3 fat quarters per dress- so alot of my old doll fabrics are finally seeing some action!
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That is a very kind and thoughtful thing you do — giving joy to others.
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Oh, no wait, I can’t have you thinking kindly thoughts about me. Lets focus on how disapointed the children are with my taste…..
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What a great idea! Thanks for the link!
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I’m here!! Am so pleased you’ve carried on making the dresses – that’s a great idea to make some each month.
I still have bags full of them waiting to go to Kenya!
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I knew you were awesome. You’ve just upped the awesomeness though! I salute you selfless sewing and am off to investigate ms Pickles’ site to see if I can help…
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I’ve got to get on the ball and make some little dresses! My cousin has been making one a month to send to them. I’m glad that you posted this– reminds me that I need to get on that!
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My Father graciously handles my postage- it’s become a family affair
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How lovely! That’s really nice.
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Also– are those tiny little dachshunds on that lime green fabric?!?! WHAT?!?!
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Yes! I entered the Hancock a few weeks ago and they waved it at me like I was a bull! Of course it worked- I bought 5 yards!
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Love this. Now I’m picturing all the Mini Me’s running about!
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Really- haven’t they been thru enough? Now they have to dress like a chubby redhead?!
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Come on – they would look completely adorable : ) And ‘chubby’ is a great thing over there! It’s a sign of wealth! So we can call your dresses Little Miss Moneybags.
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Oh, how lovely! I bet some lucky little girl will be stoked to get a dress with doggies on it. This is a nice stash buster project.
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Oh this is awesome! Love it!! 🙂
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Your awesomeness and charitable deeds overwhelms!! Really….
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aw, come on, you know better than that- YOU send dresses too!!!!
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…but yours are probably worn by the cool kids (yes they are everywhere)… lovely prints!
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I hope I shall be kind and make one a month myself. I’ll have to refrain from using scraps of taffetta left over from a Victorian gown. It doesn’t seem practical for a child some how….
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but soooo cool!
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Actually, not so cool…they’d sweat to death in the African heat!
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Oh, curses, practicality strikes!?
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Wonderful charity! How wonderful to be a part of such a worthy cause.
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