It takes a village…

by | Oct 2, 2012 | General | 2 comments

I needed to load 20 machines on a pallet and ship them to New Orleans. Behind the 8Ball on this one, I was rushing around to organize which machines to send and where I’d get them. So it was that yesterday I ran over to the Lake Edge Lutheran Church, our current...

New local programs

by | Sep 28, 2012 | In the News | 1 comment

When we offered basic sewing classes for newly arrived Bhutanese refugees last spring we were so excited to extend a hand of welcome into the Madison community. Teaching out of the Catholic Multicultural Center in Madison, we were impressed with all the programs they...

Machines to India

by | Aug 28, 2012 | General | 1 comment

My sweet friend Tricia is such an adventurer. Her young, restless soul is all too familiar to me (ok, maybe not the young part…). It’s so cool, though, that Tricia seeks ways to help others in this world while learning about other cultures during her...

Machines to Guatemala

by | Aug 4, 2012 | General | 4 comments

Today was the day!! After months of planning, researching and preparing we shipped  83 machines to a group called Mayan Families in Panajachel, Guatemala. Mayan Families already has a little sewing program going but there has been so much interest that they needed...

Help when we need it

by | Jul 10, 2012 | General, In the News | 0 comments

Recently, I put out a call to volunteers to help us wade through the huge donation from Bernina of America. We received 325 machines, all the same model, but in varying degrees of repair…some brand new, others in need of attention. What a great gift! So I asked...

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