Little Dresses For Texas

Many of you have heard of Little Dresses For Africa, a wonderful, philanthropic organization that provides simple, yet sweet dresses that honor the little girls and teach them that they are valuable, and not forgotten. The pattern is simple, made from a simple pillowcase.

The pillowcase dress pattern was originally used during the early pioneer days here in the U.S. when feed sacks were turned into simple little dresses. 

A sewing friend, Andrea called and said that she has been so very upset about the incredible devastation in Texas. She loves beautiful clothes and understands the importance of having something pretty to wear. So she went into her studio, looked through her fabrics and came up with the idea of doing little dresses for the girls of Texas who no longer have anything. A phone call was made to a friend in Texas who has the connections to be able to distribute the dresses, and the dream began to become a reality. 

Her dream is to have sewing friends make just 1 little dress, send it to her and then her husband will take care of getting the dresses to Houston where they can then be distributed. I loved the idea and told her that I would be happy to make 1, post it here and invite you to make 1 as well.

Last night, I went into my studio to put my little dress together and emerged with 4.

I had so much fun going through my fabrics and trims. I used the pattern instructions from the Little Dresses For Africa website. Worked beautifully.

The above picture is from Andrea's Facebook page. She decided to use a pattern. McCall's 5797 and New Look were her choices. 

Her dream is to collect 1000 little dresses and or short and top outfits. The weather there is horribly hot, so a nice little cotton outfit will be perfect. 

If you would like to participate, you can find Andrea HERE on Facebook. She also invites you to send the dresses directly to her. 

Her address is;

Andrea Birkin
905 Highland Grove Dr. 
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

For those of you who may be members of  the Haute Couture Club of Chicago, Andrea will be attending our meeting on September 9, 2017 and invites you to bring the dresses to the meeting.  

I have 2 more that I will be making. While money is needed to provide food, water, and shelter, feeding the soul is also so very important. Having something sweet and new to put on when everything you had was destroyed I know will be an incredible gift. I hope that you will find it in your heart to help make Andrea's dream a reality. 

Thank you,
Rhonda