Little Dresses for Africa

Recently the women in our church have been making these little pillowcase dresses to send to Africa.  For more information go to http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/. 
Here are a few words from their webswite:

Little Dresses for Africa is a non-profit 501c3, Christian based organization which provides relief to the children of  Africa. Simple dresses are made out of pillow cases and distributed through the orphanages, churches and schools in  Africa to plant in the hearts of little girls that they are worthy!
Knowing the history of the girls in Africa and the difficult road that lay ahead, a traveler decided she would take back some dresses to the children in the villages.  A small group of ladies began to sew simple little dresses, made out of pillowcases, to be distributed to young girls through the orphanages in  Africa. This was only the beginning. It continues to grow as groups of all sizes spring up across America.  These groups cross age, gender and denominational lines, to serve the most vulnerable of God’s children: little girls.  To date we have received dresses and donations from all 50 states across the USA and received well over 300,000 little dresses, that have been distributed in 28 countries of Africa!They are very easy to make and I'm sure the little girls in Africa will appreciate them.

 There are some sweet photos on the website of little girls wearing them.  I also made one for my 5 year old grand daughter, Randi Jo, who is 5 today and I made one for our 1 year old grand daughter, Eden Lily, who is 14 months.  They look cute on them.  The fabric came from Hobby Lobby.  The little T-shirt came from Hobby Lobby too and were 1/2 price.  Don't you just love Hobby Lobby?  You can use fabric scraps or pillow cases to make them, also. The directions to make them are on the website above or you can use Simplicity pattern # 2228.