Margaret, Author at The Sewing Machine Project

Fall 2018 Newsletter

by Margaret | Nov 1, 2018 | Our Newsletters | 0 comments

Here is the link to our Fall 2018 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/b942862817a6/our-2018-fall-newsletter

Focus on Donors: Third Stage Bags

by Margaret | Oct 15, 2018 | Donors and Donations, General | 2 comments

Cecilia Plum is a name that sounds like music to me. When I received a message through the Sewing Machine Project website recently asking me to contact her I had to look back through my files to see where I’d heard the name before. Sure enough, there she was in our...

Focus on Donors: Erika Barratt Design

by Margaret | Sep 20, 2018 | Donors and Donations, General | 0 comments

The phone call from Erika Barratt came out of the blue. Driving along in rural Arkansas, on a sewing machine delivery trip, I picked up my phone to hear Erika’s lyrical voice. She introduced herself and told me a little bit about her business. Her description...

Thank you, MGE!

by Margaret | Sep 4, 2018 | Donors and Donations, General, Our Board and Volunteers | 1 comment

A decade ago I made a presentation about The Sewing Machine Project to local business people, I shared our wish list as well, noting that “we sure could use some storage space for sewing machines!” A gentleman named Jim stepped forward and offered to help....

Sewing and Healing

by Margaret | Jun 6, 2018 | Community Programs-Local, In the News | 2 comments

When sharing The Sewing Machine Project with others I often struggle to find the words to convey the depth of connection within this organization. Though we began with a simple wish to gather and share machines, I’ve learned over the years that the connections,...