Margaret, Author at The Sewing Machine Project

Bernina Helps Out

by Margaret | May 26, 2007 | General | 0 comments

I work for a Bernina dealership, Hans’ Sewing, in Madison, Wisconsin. When our district representative from Bernina heard about this project, she was very excited. She and I talked about the possibility of Bernina donating some brand new machines. It was worth a...

Mardi Gras Indians

by Margaret | May 22, 2007 | Community Programs-National, General | 0 comments

In March ’06, when we took the first load of machines to New Orleans, a woman walked through the door, asking if she could take multiple machines for the Mardi Gras Indian community. This remarkable woman, Becky, would soon become my connection to other...

A friend’s machine

by Margaret | May 18, 2007 | Donors and Donations, Founder's Musings, General | 0 comments

A woman stopped in our shop awhile back wondering if we were still accepting sewing machine donations to take to New Orleans, and, of course, we were. As she and I began talking I could tell there was so much more to the story. As it turns out she had purchased a...

The Path

by Margaret | May 18, 2007 | Founder's Musings, General | 0 comments

Many people have asked me how this project got started and I remember a moment quite distinctly…when I read an article on the internet about a woman who had lost her sewing machine in the tsunami. Not only was I moved by what I was reading but I knew, without a...

Times-Picayune Article: Stitching a Culture Together

by Margaret | May 1, 2007 | General, In the News | 0 comments

Having just returned from another visit to New Orleans (April 2007), I was so excited to see this wonderful article by Sheila Stroup in the Times-Picayune! Sheila has been such a great supporter of this project. She and I visited the Herreast Harrison and her...