Dress a Girl project

A simple task performed here in the West Country is transforming the lives of young girls around the world. A charity is making use of the increased popularity in sewing to provide dresses for orphans in poorer countries.

Karen Griggs has been finding out just how easy it is transform lives.

As a group of women in Bristol get their sewing machines out to turn pillow cases into pretty dresses for little girls living in poverty around the world, here's a video showing just how to do it.

You can get instructions here.

Sewing machines have been out in force in Bristol. A group of women are transforming pillowcases into dresses for children living in poverty across the globe. The Dress A Girl Around the World charity believes every girl should have at least one pretty dress.