Margaret, Author at The Sewing Machine Project

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.

Our Spring 2020 Newsletter

by Margaret | May 17, 2020 | Our Newsletters | 0 comments

Join the Community! Here is the link to our Spring 2020 Newsletter. Please read and enjoy. If you’d like to receive these biannual newsletters automatically, please sign up through the “Contact” portion of our website and we’ll happily keep you...

And just like that…

by Margaret | Mar 26, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General, Our Board and Volunteers | 2 comments

…everything changed. In the past few weeks society has come to a halt as the battle with Covid-19 wages. The Sewing Machine Project is affected, as are most businesses and nonprofits, communities and individuals across the country, across the globe, by the...