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Charity donation from the Melissa pattern

A big thank-you to everyone who supported the first week of the Melissa dress, skirt and blouse pattern. As promised, the full sale price (less bank fees) of all sales of the Melissa pattern during that first week are being donated to the Life Flight air ambulance and air rescue, a charity chosen by the muse who inspired the Melissa pattern. And we're happy to say $275 was raised for Life Flight! (Which translates to $365 in New Zealand dollars.) We're making that donation right now. :-) We hope you all enjoy your Melissa pattern, and we're looking forward to seeing what people make with it!

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Natalie dress charity donation results

Hi everyone, and a big thank-you to all who purchased the Natalie dress and top pattern during it's first week! As promised, the full purchase price (less bank fees) of all Natalie dress orders between 8 and 14 December was donated to the Wellington branch of the Cats Protection League - a charity chosen by the muse who inspired the Natalie pattern.   And we're pleased to say that we raised a total of $290 USD for the Cats Protection League (which translates to $375 NZD). Yay! We've just made that donation to the Cats Protection League on behalf of you all. So thanks again, and have a lovely holiday (with lots of sewing time!)

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Thank you, everyone!

A huge, huge thank-you to everyone who purchased the new Gillian dress pattern in it's first week of sale. 100% of the purchase price for the pattern (less the inevitable transaction fees that banks take off) got donated to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation - a charity chosen by the amazing women the Gillian pattern was named after. We've now calculated how much was raised - a huge USD $355, which translates to NZD $435 at the current exchange rate. Wow! That's an amazing result! That amount has just been donated directly to the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation, to help support all the great work they do. Again, thank you to all of you who purchased the pattern, mentioned it...

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