Do some good with your SEWING POWER! Sew a dress (free pattern!) for Dress A Girl Around the World!
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- Dear Sewing Friends, this video is a bit different. Today we will be sewing dresses for Dress A Girl Around The World, a project that has been helping women and bringing women and girls dignity and support around the world since 2006. I am going to take you fabric shopping with me, so that we can find a super cute fabric for dresses and I also have a free sewing pattern that I made specifically for this so that it is easier for people to participate. I hope you enjoy the video and that it inspires you to help others. Thank you!
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FREE PATTERN FOR THE DRESS (ONE SIZE*) - drive.google.com/file/d/1ijO4...
*It is one size 2-4 and fist quite well my (almost) 3 year old. So it can be worn on a 2 year old, 3 year old and some 4 year old girls. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE 1"x1" TEST SQUARE first to make sure it is printing at the correct size. Also, please pre-wash your fabric, as cotton will shrink after wash. Also, I had t make this pattern quickly, so it is not fancy by any means, but it does the job.
Cut the pattern first (check the cover page of the pattern) and THEN when everything is cut - cut the bias tape. You can also cut the bias tape out of complimentary fabric.
DRESS A GIRL AROUND THE WORLD - www.dressagirlaroundtheworld....
LABELS - www.dressagirlaroundtheworld....
How Do I Get Involved?
1. Check out the Project Dress A Girl Announcement video on September 1 from Mari Sews here - • LET’S DONATE DRESSES T...
2. Decide which pattern you want to make, gather your label and supplies, and put those superpowers to work.
3. Post your finished dress on Instagram using #ProjectDressAGirl and tag @marisewsforcurves so she can keep a tally of how many dresses were made
4. Send your dress in for donation or you can find your local ambassador
Dress Guidelines:
* Use sturdy premium cottons, quilters cotton that can hold up to washing. If you can see your hand through it then don’t use it.
* Pockets are strongly suggested
* Avoid fasteners such as zippers and buttons (unless you’ve checked with your ambassador and they accept them)..Think Ties and Elastic.
* Pick a pattern that is forgiving in size, nothing form fitting.
* Modesty is key! The dress should be at the knee or longer.
* Finish all raw edges.
* Attach a label to the front of the dress.
You can send the finished dresses to
Mari de Jesus
PO Box 404
Gaithersburg, MD 20884
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Here's the dress pattern link - drive.google.com/file/d/1ijO47nI3gsdlJgLUockuEauZ-WloF7oM/view
Ho mam wat age can fit in this dress 🥰
@@saaruluitel5103 She said in the video it would fit a 3 year old.
Loved all the helpful tips you gave in making these clothes and about sewing dresses for Dress A Girl. Fantastic!
Thank you for sharing this! Will be seeing how many ladies from our church will be interested! 😊❤
I keep saying what a delightful young lady you are. This is project is just one more reason for everyone to know.
Thank you so very much for creating this beautiful dress for Project Dress A Girl that is going to bless so many people. This means so incredibly much!
My pleasure and THANK YOU for reaching out and being so enthusiastic and helpful!
Alisa, you know I’ve been sewing dresses for Dress a Girl for a few years now. I love that Mari and other You Tubers are spreading the word, and their joy. Thank you for the cute pattern. ❤️❤️
Denise, yes! I remember reading your comments about it - glad we can do something that speaks to your heart as well!
A delightful dress, and a wonderful project. Thank you, lovely lady!
My pleasure!
I have done it.It truly makes me happy.thank you so much.
Aweeeeeesome! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I am sending my dresses next week!
A meaningful creativity. The fabric you selected was so cute. So nice of you Alisa.
Ah thanks, just trying to do a bit of good.
Reading the stories of all the women involved with this organisation is inspiring.
Very true!
I am so thankful that I met you, Mari and other ladies who introduced my sewing group in Puerto Rico, Sirena Patterns, to this special sewing charity! Blessings and more blessings to all. I already bought the fabric and will meet the deadline!! Happy sewing, indeed!!
I am going to give your other 2 free patterns a go this year. So obsessed with your panel dress pattern!!!! So extremely fun to use up my remnants of fun fabrics. Thank you for your “Thoughtful Creativity”. Blessings to you and your family ❤
Very nice, what a great charity to participate in & cute fabric too!
What a wonderful charity, years ago I read how seniors that belonged to a church took pillow cases and turned them into dresses for girls in Africa.
have been watching Mari unpack the many, many dresses she received for her Project Dress a Girl and your pattern showed up multiple times. I myself have made it twice (for the same organization) including with lining to make it 'reversible' and find it to be a very well planned and easy to sew/follow directions. So wanted to thank you for that personally.
Hi Alisa!! Fabulous fabric choice for a 3 year olds dress.. Koalas 🐨 are so adorable.. What a fabulous charity to help out too….
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It really is!
I have been Facebook member of this group for several years now and bought the labels and a pattern kit. I just have not gotten around to making it. Yesterday I pulled it out thinking I need to make it. And here you put it on your site. I guess that means I need to get to making dresses. I do love the pattern you did.
He he, Lisa - I guess so, things happen for a reason :) That's so awesome to know that you wanted to participate as well. I am going to be cutting mine and sewing mine as a batch sewing, so that way it goes a little faster.
I just watched Mari's video.
Love this! I’m sewing for Samaritan’s Purse Christmas shoeboxes.
what little girl wouldn't love that beautiful dress. what a great idea.
I think so too!
I follow both you and Mari. Like her, you have a beautiful soul and do such beautiful work. Thank you for being kind.
Very nice, so sweet of you Alisa 💚
Just trying to do a bit of good.
I’m so excited for this video! I’ve been sewing for Dress a Girl for several months and I love the dresses, their mission and the thought of what these precious girls will enjoy when they revive the dresses! Also, the opportunity to sew on some darling, jolly fabrics!,,
Замечательное платье получилось!) И ткань безумно красивая)
Спасибо! Мне тоже оч нравится!
You drafted such a cute pattern. 👌🏼Got my pattern all ready to go. I’m thinking there will be a lot of darling little Alisa dresses going out around the world. 😊
You are the BEST! There are many dress styles they accept, but I just thought that a smaller dress that is simple and relatively quick to put together is going to be something that almost everyone will already have the fabric for and a little bit of time!
Thank you for highlighting this charity! I have been looking for something like this that I can do. Even found my closest ambassador, and she is about 20 minutes away. Your channel is a wonderful way to deploy us sewists for charity efforts!
Ha! Ha! I assume you paid before you went to the exit :) Another interesting and helpful video. Thanks for sharing.
Love your dress choice! This is such an important charity doing good work!
Thank you for the free pattern
this a very good simple and easy direction to fix theses little dress. Thanks
Really nice video on the dress and thank you so much for the pattern.
Great job 👍❤
Love this! I think I could sew this!
Sweet simple dress, you are very creative.
I just love this, many thanks for drafting this free pattern for us, Alisa ;-D
Beautiful. I shall make some dresses for this organisation.
This is a great video!!
Hi Alisa. All the best to you for 2022. Please do some videos on making summer style dresses. Thanking you in advance
Hello, just want to say thank you for posting this video I did donate six dresses to the foundation also I used your pattern. Do you have any other patterns that yoy created where I can print out. I'm a beginner sewer which was very helpful to me
Thank you for bringing this to us! I already made one using your pattern as is. How would I go about making larger sizes?
Wow! Awesome idea! Sewing to help non-profits is an excellent idea! Instead of sewing a toile to discover what is needed to adapt a pattern to himself/herself and throwing it in the trash, a person can sew a garment and give it to a non-profit after using it to know how to fit the pattern to self.
I wish that non-profits could give sewing classes.
This works if you are a confident and competent sewer and you are just using it for general size and fit because any donations should be with high quality fabrics and sewn to the best of your ability. If you wouldn't wear it yourself then it shouldn't be donated. Less experienced sewers will still probably need to make muslins first ( speaking in general and not just for this project as I feel you are also ).
Each non-profit organisation will have information on their websites about the requirements for what is being donated plus various links to get you started, which sometimes will be links to sewing classes, generally online ones. In this case it is dresses for girls around the world aged 1 to 14 years old that are required and this video of Alissa's gives you all the information needed, a pattern for a size 3 dress, a sewing tutorial for making it ( so it IS essentially a sewing class ) and links to many other UA-camrs that are also sharing patterns and tutorials.
Face to face sewing lessons are awesome for those who don't do so well with online classes and for most people their local community college or sewing dealers will run classes. I hope this is of some help.
@@oodles_of_noodles. , our local thrift store has one requirement: drop clean things off at the backdoor during intake hours.
They take in all kinds of things: books, tableware, clothes, etc.
Also, Days for girls is another great project to help girls manage their periods
Thank you for letting me know, I will take a look!
Hi TC. Thank you for donating the pattern. If I can't make ruffles can I just add 5" to the bottom length? Thx
Hi. Love your videos. It's easy to follow. I need help. My daughter wants a yellow princess dress for her 7th birthday. I'm clueless about how to do it.
Alisa. I am trying to follow along. You mentioned 9 inches of bias tape for the key hole opening. I didnt hear you say how long for the armholes or neck line. You did say 81 inches total but I don't know how to break that down. Thank you !!! Love your content.
Edith, the breakdown of bias tape is on the front page of the pattern file :)
Is there a deadline to meet sewing a dress for girls?
Thank you for the video.
I love this. Would you have patterns as simple as this for boys?
Hi! Not planning on making more patterns for now, this was an exception for this particular cause.
I have done Dress a Girl Around the World!
WHAAAAAT? That's amazing! You're amazing!
For your raglan shirt, do you have a pattern for mixed fabric bases, as in a shirt with both knit and woven fabric? Last year I made and donated masks to medical professionals but the whole time I honestly felt like I wasn't doing enough or doing a good job so I had to stop after a while. I really would like to do something good with sewing again though.
Hi, I have a question when you drafted your dartless bodice how did you find the same value of the shoulders I did the same job and I fond them different and I have no idea how to fix this problem lovely
Watching this in 2022. Just wondering if they are doing one this year? Are there any embassadors in Australia???
Did you make bias tape or just cut strips and use the strips as bias?
how to cut out the bias tape?? didn't see a link to how to do that. I did buy your bias tape makers a while ago. do you cut it first out of the fabric or after you cut the pattern out?
Pattern first by folding opposite edges in and cutting back and front on the fold, then cutting the ruffle and what is left goes to bias tape. Also, if you look at the first page of the pattern it says - it does not have to be one prolonged piece, I have combined what I have to make longer bias tape pieces. Also, another solution would be to add a contrasting bias tape, so that way you can cut yours from a completely different piece of fabric and not worry about it. Bias tape tutorial here - ua-cam.com/video/PHzumX7wrZE/v-deo.html I am using red bias tape maker for my bias tape for this dress.
Why do you straight stitch first when putting the garnet together verse just serge it?
Where could somebody find this fabric? It's so beautiful!!!!!
Hobby Lobby :)
She shopped at Hobby Lobby.
Hi Alisa absolutely want to do this is it possible to have the size to print it in uk A4 the square is measuring 7/8ths 😢
I have kitty fabric to make a dress for my Granddaughter, I think I have enough to make an extra for the Dress a Girl. Question? How wide do you cut your bias tape please?
It’s 1” bias binding and you need 81” of it.
@@imsewblessed1578 Thank you!
Very nice. I'll see if there is a way I can participate in this from Canada.
Thank you, miss Sarah - you're amazing!
Sarah, If you go on the website Dress A Girl there’s a ambassador tab that you can click on. If you click on International Ambassador’s it will list three in Canada with their contact info. I emailed the one in Ontario it’s closest to me.
@@imsewblessed1578 thank you everyone!
@@twinnish Thanks for the suggestion, Michelle! I just emailed ambassador Ava in Ottawa. If I can't get any through her, I'll ask around here!
@@twinnish Well... Update :) apparently they now also ship to Canada! 6usd+8usd shipping for 50labels. (Total about 19cad)
I would like to participate, could you tell me how I can get the labels? Also I went on the websight you gave us, I saw so many darling little girls in the pretty little dresses. But I didnt see any of the labels on ANY of their dresses.
Labels right here - LABELS - www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/labels-for-dresses. The labels are pink/purple so it is hard to see them in the pictures, but If you look - you can find them.
I think you order them. www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/labels-for-dresses
The labels now have a white background with pink lettering and dress, so may be hard to see. Also, sometimes the photos are taken before the label is attached, but it is an important part of the project.
I really love other,Please how can i partake in this program( helping these girls)?
There's a link in her description box you can click onto.
See the drop down arrow at the top? The information is there
Hi, good day how much material is needed for that particular pattern
Everything is listed on the first page of the pattern as well as mentioned in the video.
@@ThoughtfulCreativity Thank you very much
Is there a way to participate from England? I’d love to join in!
I clicked on the link in the description box and it looks like you can either find and Ambassador in your area if there is one or create your own group. www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/hostanevent.htm
You can take a look at international ambassadors here (scroll down and you will see it say "international ambassadors" - www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/faqs
That koala dress is beautiful! And such a great tutorial! Thanks for your time!
I tried the link for the pattern three times and when I got onto Wix through your link it said there was an error. Please help. Thank you.
drive.google.com/file/d/1ijO47nI3gsdlJgLUockuEauZ-WloF7oM/view?usp=sharing
This is the new link for the pattern :)
I feel sort of stupid, but where do I go to upload the pattern?
All info in the infobox
How can I join with your charity ??
Hello there! All links in the infobox :)
Very confusing. Sometimes you add the seam allowance outside the pattern and sometimes within the pattern . I slowed the video and could not determine exactly where to add allowance because it looks like you add it in different places ( outside the pattern and sometimes in). Pleas clarify. Thank you. Seam allowance depend on my choice , so what seam tripe sewing for what alliance???
She explains this at around marker 5:50. She adds 3/8" to the shoulder seam, not to the front neckline, keyhole, or front armhole. She then adds 3/8" to the side seam opposite the fold as well as 3/8" allowance to the bottom of the dress. I think the dress now requires at least 1 pocket and she adds 1/2" to the top and 3/8" to the sides and bottom for folding under before sewing to the front panel. It's easier to cut 2 pieces for each pocket and with rt. sides together sew around the pocket leaving a 2" hole at the bottom for turning it back to the rt. side. Then your pocket is lined. This time sew it down to the front but only on on 3 sides of the pocket, leaving the top open. Be sure to catch the opening at the bottom that you left for turning! Have fun!
It would have been nice to actually see how to draft this pattern
Hi, Stephanie! For this video the goal was to provide a quick and easy option of making a dress for charity that everyone could participate in, therefore I made this one size little dress pattern instead of drafting it. You can go back to the bodice block video and transform the bodice block into this A-line dress, I have a video on how to make any top into a dress.
I do not see the download for this dress pattern! What am I missing?
Frances, open the infobox - it says - dress download, it is a drop box link.