Little Dresses for Africa

When ordering sewing supplies recently, I ran across the charitable project named above. People all around the country are making pillowcase dresses and sending them either to Nancy's Notions or to the founding organization to be forwarded to orphanages where they are distributed to African girls in their care. Having way too much fabric stashed in way too many places, I thought it would be fun and productive to make some dresses and send them along. The complete directions are available at nancysnotions.com, and the dresses are simple to make using actual pillowcases or other fabric. Wide bias tape is used for the armhole binding/ties, and, not wanting to spend crazy amounts of money for that, I am making my own bias tape in coordinating colors, another way to use up leftover pieces from my own sewing. So, there is my latest project, multi-benefit, supporting my local thrift store, cleaning out my excess materials, making cute dresses for little girls, and having a great deal of fun in the process.