Sunday, April 26, 2015

99-year-old sews a dress a day for needy kids…and she’s on track for 1000 by the time she’s 100




Lillian Weber is 99 years old, and she has a goal… She is intent on making 1,000 dresses by the time she turns 100 this coming May. And so far, it looks like she will — Lillian has made 840 dresses and shows no sign of stopping…


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For the past few years, Lillian has been sewing a dress a day for children in need. She donates them to Little Dresses For Africa, a charity that gives clothes to children in Africa and elsewhere around the world.


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Why “only” one dress a day?




Lillian says she could make two, but she only makes one a day so that she has time to personalize it with careful stitch work — something special for the little girl who will someday wear it.


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Read more: http://twentytwowords.com/99-year-old-sews-a-dress-a-day-for-needy-kidsand-shes-on-track-for-1000-by-the-time-shes-100/




99-year-old sews a dress a day for needy kids…and she’s on track for 1000 by the time she’s 100

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