Margaret, Author at The Sewing Machine Project

Fixin’ machines!

by Margaret | Oct 28, 2013 | General | 9 comments

Volunteers came together this past Saturday to work on the machines that have been donated. Wow, did we have machines!! Our amazing volunteers helped organize, check, and inventory machines all day long. At the same time, in the same church, our local American Sewing...

Life’s A Stitch-our newest collection site!

by Margaret | Sep 16, 2013 | General, In the News | 1 comment

Life’s a Stitch is a Bernina dealership located in DePere, Wisconsin. I was honored when just this morning they drove in from DePere to deliver 35 beautiful machines that had been donated through Bernina’s Give and Get Back promotion that ran through the...

Local Classes-Teaching and Learning

by Margaret | Aug 20, 2013 | General | 8 comments

This summer we’ve offered two class series here in Madison. Our wonderful instructor, Rebecca Sites teaches both series–1 in Spanish at the Catholic Multicultural Center and 1 through a translator to Hmong women at the Bayview Center. Both classes wrapped...

Flood gates open

by Margaret | Jun 2, 2013 | General | 4 comments

The Sewing Machine Project is such an amazing thing. I’m struck so often by the beauty and intensity of it and also its mystery. It is a Sunday afternoon and I’m recording donations and saying thank you to donors and to this beautiful energy that makes...

Margaret’s blog

by Margaret | Mar 9, 2013 | General | 2 comments

I’ve started a personal blog which includes some “spiritual musings” as a friend so aptly labeled them. I just needed a forum to talk about some of the more personal aspects of life along with the discoveries along the way. The Sewing Machine Project...