Little Dresses for Africa: A Community Sewing Party

Jana MacDonald is a Mansfield resident who will be traveling to Malawi with Little Dresses for Africa in August. Little Dresses for Africa is a non-profit organization that provides relief to the children of Africa. Due to the widespread AIDS pandemic, many young girls are raising their siblings. Essentially, they are babies raising babies. Typically these girls only own one dress, which is often tattered and worn. Little Dresses for Africa provides these girls with one new dress which sends the message that they are worthy!

Jana will be hosting a dress making party and she will personally take these dresses with her to Malawi in August! Let’s make this a community effort! We'd love to see you there! There’s no need to stay the whole time. Drop in when you can!

Saturday, March 30^th
The Buchanan Center  (attached to the Mansfield Public Library)
10am – 2pm

If you sew, please bring your sewing machine, a yard of pre-washed 100% cotton fabric, 2 ½ yd. of double wide bias tape, 12-18” elastic ¼” wide, coordinating all-purpose thread, scissors, pins, a measuring tape and any “add-ons” you might like (buttons, ric rac, etc.). Jana will provide the simple pattern. Beginner sewers and older children are welcome! This is a great beginner project!

Don’t sew? We still need you! If you can, please bring an ironing board
and/or an iron and a sharp pair of scissors.

For more information, please contact Jana MacDonald:  jana@earlmacdonald.com. You can also read more about her short-term mission trip to Malawi on her blog: www.thepottershand.com. Click on the "Africa!" link to learn more!