BEARS & DOLLS PATTERNS

BEARS & DOLLS PATTERNS

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Dress a Girl Around the World - UK

Everyone needs a doll or bear to hug once in a lifetime!  These cuties are just what is needed and are so simple to make, the doll is stitched and the bear is knitted.

So grab your needles and get one underway!

We are making baskets of them to sell to raise funds to help us with postage and printing costs.  If anyone would like to help just let us know!

This is the pattern for the doll, she is snuggled up in her little blanket and is just so adorable you won't resist making some!

Thanks to Dress a Girl USA for the PDF  ~ you can find it HERE

And now, boys and girls alike will just love these teddies, so soft and cuddly; just the chap to help bring a smile and obviously will keep all your secrets safely tucked away!  

Thank you to Bev's Country Cottage Buddy Bears for the link. The link is HERE.

SUNNY DAYS - AGAIN!

Oh we do love these sunny autumn days!

Blue skies, golden amber leaves and berries for jams wow!

On to more pressing matters

PHOTGRAPHS!!

Please do be aware that we do hope to get lots of lovely photos, however, as we ourselves do not accompany each shipment we can't guarantee photos of each garment.

Sometimes we wait until we have a substantial number that can go into a carriers’ container and then we have even less access to photographs.

Because, as yet, we do not have the status, nor funding to pay for containers ourselves.  We are reliant on others; sometimes individuals and sometimes sister charities - to take our garments out to areas of need.  This does then in turn make photos a slightly hit-and-miss affair!

We know that you long to see 'your' garment on a child but it is often not possible.  Please do have fun looking at the photos and seeing if 'yours' is in one of them, but don't be too disappointed if they are not - and maybe they will be in a month or so time! you never know!!

For schools and other groups who would much appreciate more information on deliveries, such as where the garments are going, please tell us at an early stage so that we can make appropriate decisions beforehand

Again we really appreciate all the help from our volunteer merry band of stitch and knit folk.  Thank you so much for all your time! 

For anyone who would like to donate please send cheques made out to DACAW (Dress a Child Around the World) to either,

Jayne Butler (DACAW)

 Torcello,

12 Old Banwell Road,

Locking,

BS24 8BS

OR to

Jacqui Onslow (DACAW)

30 Bourne End Road,

Northwood,

Middlesex

HA6 3BS

Quality and quantity

Hello again

We have been so very fortunate in receiving so many wonderful dresses this month.  over 500 so far - keep it up everyone and we should see our total in a year rise above the magic 5,000 that louise raised!

Some of this months dresses are off to the Philippines, we will post photos as soon as we get them.

In the meantime can we ask please for a review of quality.  

• It would be great if you can when choosing fabrics, pillow cases and quilts etc just make a quick check that they are not see through.  
• If you put your hand under one layer of fabric can you see your hand and rings or nail polish etc?  If you can then that fabric sadly is not suitable for dresses but can be used for hair bands, wristlets and little pocket dolls or teddies so all is not lost!
• Remember too that fabrics should not have logos nor religious or political images so no 'ban the bomb' symbols please!
• Also, when stitching remember that others don't have our luxury washing machines and the garments are washed frequently and often in river beds amongst the stones.  
• Seam ends need to be backstitched - use that magic reverse button or lever on your machine to make it easy.
• Bindings on the neck and armhole need to be stitched securely and all the raw edges caught in fully.
• Elastics need to be secure at each end so that they don't pop out the first time the shorts or dresses are worn!!
• For those warmer and more covered up dresses made from teeshirts - please remember no company logos and no religious or political slogans!!
• It takes a lot of our time in correcting and repairing before we can send out so it will be brilliant if you can give your garment the once over before you send it to us!

Thank you all so very much and we are hungry for more!!

Do let us know if you are running a workshop and we will put it on Facebook etc, and if we can help in any way let us know!!

Jayne and Jacqui