Dresses For Africa Pillowcases

This post includes step by step instructions on how to sew the pillowcase dress with photos for you to follow.

Dresses for africa pillowcases.

The pillow case. And all you need to donate is a pillow case and some time. You can read more about sending your donation on the little dresses for africa website. Nancy s notions has also assembled a dress kit for the pillowcase style dress and the lillian s dress designs.

Mar 12 2020 explore kay anders s board dresses for africa followed by 256 people on pinterest. Nancy s notions can receive your dresses at the following address. 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. Free pattern project sheet.

I decided to thread through a larger fabric sash through the casing at the top of the dress instead of the elastic in. 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. Jun 19 2017 explore sally squire s board little dresses for africa followed by 320 people on pinterest. 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.

See more ideas about pillowcase dress pillowcase dress pattern baby sewing. 2t to 5 6 to 10 and 12 to 16. Little dresses for africa pillowcase pattern you will want to collect pillowcases prior to your event and may want to have multiple sewing opportunities. Volunteer teams travel to villages in africa to distribute the dresses and each distribution gathering provides a chance.

See more ideas about little dresses pillowcase dress sewing for kids. We created 40 dresses to send over to africa. 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. So here is a little closer view of the applique that we created for our pillowcase dresses.

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.