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SMP in Notions magazine

The American Sewing Guild and the Sewing Machine Project go way back. Thank you, ASG, for your continued support and promotion of our efforts to mend communities!

Winter, Wisconsin

The ladies in Winter, Wisconsin are sewing up a storm. This time of year, it’s probably a snowstorm!! A recent article in the Sawyer County Gazette shared details of the sewing program. I’ve included the text from the article here as there is no online link.         Sewing in Winter, Wisconsin Communities […]

Well, hello there, Eldredge!

We meet regularly at The Sewing Machine Project to look over and prepare machines that have been donated to us–machines that are en route to their next home. Many cases are familiar, even before opening. I often look and think “oh, I know what you are!” before I even click open the latch. And I […]

Wing and a prayer

The idea came to me so vividly. We would soon be traveling to Houston for the International Quilt Festival to set up a booth and share The Sewing Machine Project. Houston. And every sewing machine brand would be at the Festival as well. Houston. Hurricane Harvey. Hmmmm, I wondered, would some of the sewing machine […]

Fall Newsletter 2017

Here is the link to our Fall 2017 Newsletter. If you’d like to receive our newsletters by email, please sign up through our website! We’d love to keep you in the loop! https://mailchi.mp/5eea3cec85e1/we-passionately-believethe-sewing-machine-project-fall-newsletter?e=[UNIQID]

Provokestyle Fashion Camp-Florida

Merline Labissiere’s application for machines was a dream in action. A finalist in Project Runway season 14, Ms. Labissiere couldn’t wait to teach kids to sew. She started the Provokestyle nonprofit to get this idea going. Working with kids from two communities in South Florida–kids who otherwise wouldn’t have the means to enjoy this kind […]

Beauty-Full Bags from Bluefig

Let me just start by saying that Bluefig makes great bags. Designed with crafters and sewers in mind, the bags are strong and beautiful, thoughtfully-designed and just plain fun! While admiring the bags at a trade show I got talking to Will Macia who runs the company. I admired his design sense and the craft […]

Bib and Tucker, Birmingham

Bib and Tucker

by Chris Thomas, SMP board member Think of the old-time quilting bee and you’ll have an idea of what goes on at the Bib and Tucker Sew-Op. Women’s fingers are busy cutting and stitching while their chatter fills the room. Stories are swapped. Friendships are cemented. But we need to back up: Lillis Taylor had […]