Margaret, Author at The Sewing Machine Project

Thrivent Choice Dollars

by Margaret | Nov 30, 2020 | Donors and Donations, General, In the News | 0 comments

Are you a Thrivent Member? The Sewing Machine Project is proud to be included among the organizations approved to accept Thrivent Choice Dollars! If you wish to make a donation using your Thrivent Choice options, here are the instructions: Instructions: -Go to...

Our Fall 2020 Newsletter

by Margaret | Nov 17, 2020 | Our Newsletters | 4 comments

Here is the link to our Fall 2020 Newsletter. Please read and enjoy. If you’d like to receive our Biannual newsletters automatically, just sign up through the “Contact” portion of our website and you’ll be kept in the loop!...

Mending the World

by Margaret | Oct 12, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General | 4 comments

My husband Peter looked lovingly across the table. “Honey,” he said, “you can’t save the world.” “But I want to!” I said. I’d been reading the paper and could feel the mounting tension that each day’s news always...

Gail

by Margaret | Jul 19, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General, Our Board and Volunteers | 3 comments

I got word yesterday that Gail had passed. Gail. I saw her face before my eyes. Full of light. Always so full of light. Gail became a volunteer with the Sewing Machine Project several years ago. She loved tinkering with old sewing machines. Not much use for the high...

#BlackLivesMatter

by Margaret | Jun 10, 2020 | In the News | 4 comments

As an organization we typically are not a part of political discussions but the call for deep change within the very bones of our society is one to which we all must respond.