Tag Archives: Touching Hearts

Oh Happy Day!

31 Mar

Not only it is Easter the Holiest of Christian days, but for Elfcroft today is preparation to ship homemade children’s clothes to support Helping Hands Touching Hearts mission in South Africa.  Content in the photos is the culmination of work over the last six months (my day job, etc has priority).

2013 Girls Dresses, Skirts and Tops

2013 Girls Dresses, Skirts and Tops

Credit to my assistant Shelby!

Blessing

Blessing

Packing

Packing

Let's go!

Let’s go!

We did it!  We filled the 1.11 cu ft box with 10 pairs of shorts (4 homemade shown above in brown fabric), 9 skirts and tops in two different sizes and 10 girls dresses in various sizes…..and Shelby gets to stay home to help with the next project.

One of the endearing things about Sidney at Helping Hands Touching Hearts is that she especially wants the girls clothing to be pretty.  Also, these items will be delivered personally by Sidney, Wayne and C.J.  Here are some photos on their website.

http://www.clotheavillagenow.com/clotheavillagenow/Welcome.html

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Helping Hands, Touching Hearts: Act 3 Scene 2

24 Feb

Sewing women’s and children’s clothes has been a primary mission of Helping Hands, Touching Hearts.  This is year 3 for Elfcroft to give to the cause.  2012’s shipment has rolled into 2013 with a shift in travel plans for Sidney, Wayne and C.J.

http://www.clotheavillagenow.com/clotheavillagenow/Welcome.html

I jump started this shipment with boy’s shorts from Target clearance sales and rounded out with 4 pairs of shorts made from the last of former curtains.  (Think of the movie “Sound of Music”.)

Simplicity 5218….four pair, size 4

Also in 2011, I had long narrow bands left over from making girls dresses with Simplicity 2228.  I sewed those bands together to make dresses with See and Sew B5592.  Yeah!  four more dresses out of last years stock.

See and Sew B5592

Sidney sent photos of her sewing which included skirts with crop tops.  That seems a better use of the fabric I have in stock.  An envelope with her patterns arrived this week…..made from thick fabric and instructions in permanent marker.  Great idea!  I need to do the same with my favorite and well used paper patterns.

New patterns

New patterns

2 each in each size

2 each in each size

Six girl’s dress are complete.  Four pairs of girl’s tops and skirts as well as four pairs of boy’s shorts are ready for sewing.

Shipping to South Africa in May!

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