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04-05-2010, 08:17 AM

sherry mcd

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I am getting ready to oversee the making of 300 pillowcase dresses for my church. Can anyone give me some hints to make things go smoothly. I do know about the "Little dresses for Africa" site. Suggestions would really be appreciated. This blog is great! sherry mcd

04-05-2010, 08:45 AM

raptureready

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Sewing With Nancy, I think, had the lady on that started all of this. She has a website but I don't remember what it was. Maybe this is it. It has directions anyway.

http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/?page_id=477

I'd set it up like an assembly line(s) and change positions every half hour or so. That way everyone would get to do everything. With an assembly line you'll be able to put out a LOT more dresses than if everyone is trying to do everything at once. Have some of the women bring their machines, others their irons and ironing boards, some could bring fabric, others thread and still others embellishments such as rick rack, braid, buttons, etc., some should bring elastic.

04-05-2010, 08:50 AM

sherry mcd

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good advice sherry mcd

04-05-2010, 02:03 PM

Jannie

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My advice is the same -- assembly line worked really well when we were doing a similar project.

04-05-2010, 03:36 PM

newestnana

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We made some dresses and found that it was simpler to use ties through the casing rather than elastic. I'm hoping my attachment will be helpful to you.

Little dresses for Africa

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