Angel Gowns for Australian Angel Babies Inc. 4.15

Angel Gowns for Australian Angel Babies Incorporated. is a wonderful organisation of over 250 volunteers, who share their talents to create Angel Gowns Packages. These packages are lovingly donated by Australian Families, as a beautiful gesture to support an unknown Australian Family through insurmountable tragedy. The Angel Gowns for Australian Angel Babies Inc. Team is comprised of many talented volunteers who wonderfully represent a variety of cultures, abilities, talents, and ages- we openly invite others to help us in our journey, and aim to ensure Australian Angel Babies receive our packages free of charge, to farewell their Angel in- with respect, dignity and love.

Angel Gowns for Australian Angel Babies Inc. receive all donations of wedding and formal attire and our volunteers lovingly transform these into Angel Gowns for bereaved families Australia wide.

We rely on the generosity of donors and the following donations are very much appreciated: ribbons, buttons, beads, machine needles, cotton thread, appliques, trimmings and lace, prepaid envelopes, Toughbags, prepaid and regular post bags, Spotlight vouchers and monetary donations.

Worn with love, Donated with love, Transformed with Love and given with Love to hospitals all around the country xx

There is many ways you can donate your dress :
◾Via the website www.angelgowns.org.au - Please follow the tabs and fill in donation form and your closest Area Representative will be in contact with you.
◾Via our facebook donation group https://www.facebook.com/groups/895403477153456/ - Please upload your donation photo to this group and comment with your location and your closest Area Representative will be in contact with you.
◾Contact a local Area Representative - Your local Area Representative will arrange collection with you.
◾Register a Deconstruction Donation at your wedding reception - Volunteer will attend and photograph you donating and snipping your dress.
◾Register a Deconstruction Donation Baby Shower - Angel Mummys who would like to hold a party where they invite ladies to donate and deconstruct their dresses with the help of a local Area Representative.
◾Invite us to host a Donation stall at your function.
◾Register for School Donation Drive

Whether you post, drop off or an Area Representative picks up your dress, they all go through the same process.

When your dress is received it is carefully unpacked, tagged and catalogued. We have people whose sole job is to ensure that your dress is able to be tracked throughout the transformation process and that accurate files are stored safely.

Your dress is then photographed in its original state and assessed for cleanliness. Some gowns are dry cleaned when we receive them, others have had a ‘wedding workout’ and need a little cleaning magic to get them ready for the angels.

Photographs are sent to our ‘Photograph Manager’ who ensures all photos are kept as a record of receipt of the dress and to show off its beauty on our Facebook page!


Your dress is then stored in chronological order and will be sent to seamstresses in the order they are received. Sometimes an anonymous donation will be pushed back in the line as we understand that these donations do not require us to report back to the donator when they have been transformed.

When you read through the whole journey that your dress takes, you’ll understand why the process sometimes takes a very long time!
Once your dress is received by the seamstress, they carefully analyse the best way to use the fabric and most beautiful parts of the dress, to highlight their beauty.
Next is the most terrifying part for all seamstresses. They deconstruct your dress and set out the patterns to ensure they get the most possible use from the precious fabric. Very little is left from any dress once the fabric is utilised for bonnets, nappies, keepsakes, booties and gowns. Seamstresses boast to one another about only having tiny postage stamp sized scraps left once a dress is fully transformed!

Seamstresses set to work sewing the tiny gowns. They pride themselves on finishing edges and decorating them so they are as perfect as possible. So much work goes into each little gown! They are given direction by Area Representatives who are made aware of which sizes and designs are most required by hospitals.


Now that your dress has been transformed, the documentation process continues. Seamstresses photograph the gowns, individually and as a group before tagging them and packaging them. Photographs are sent to the Photograph Manager for display and upload to Facebook. Gowns are then sent on to Area Manager for packaging into a ‘set’, often combining them with items made by the Crochet and Keepsake teams.
Once the ‘set’ is created (gowns, booties, blanket, bonnet and beanie, nappy and keepsake), Area Representatives distribute them to hospitals.
The entire process from beginning to end can take months. Rest assured, dresses are treasured and carefully watched over in each part of the process.

You will recieve a thankyou card in the mail when the whole process is completed. Your donation is very much appreciated xx

Distributed to hospitals Australia Wide.

Contact Email Address: info@angelgowns.org.au

If you have a Hospital close by or you know of one that you think would benefit from Angel Gowns for their beautiful Australian Angel Babies could you please email me at info@angelgowns.org.au

xxx