Sew News!
What an honor to be included in the October/November 2019 issue of Sew News! Enjoy!
A New Chapter
Tic tic tic, the needle moves up and down powerfully and effortlessly. The stitch is perfect--even and balanced--the upper and lower threads grabbing hold of one another, hands held in a tiny dot on the fabric's surface. I am alone in our workroom. An old Sunday...
Collective Effervescence
My heart sings
I just heard from Annette who taught our most recent local sewing class. Working with a group of 8 beginning sewers, Annette and the volunteers who helped her were bubbling with excitement, clearly a reflection of the enthusiasm of the group they taught. A celebration...
It takes a village
We do not live in a vacuum. We are here to interact with one another. We are here to lift one another up and walk alongside one another. This is so true for The Sewing Machine Project. We exist because an idea was lifted up and people felt its power. Individuals and...
Our Amazing Board
20–The Chief and the Queen
"You'll want to get in touch with Queen Rukiya and Chief Howard", Cherice advised. We'd been working together for several years and, ever the teacher, Cherice felt it would be helpful, expansive, for me to meet other members of the community, to work with them and...
20–Pretty pretty
When I met Cherice Harrison Nelson for the first time I didn't realize I was meeting a legend. Tall and regal, known as Queen Reesie to many, Cherice carries herself like a queen. Hovering in a cloud of chicory and milk foam, we met at CC's Coffee on Magazine Street...
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"Mom, do you know where you're going?" my 14 year old daughter asked incredulously. It was March, 2006 and Maddie peered at the map as we threaded through the Arkansas hills. The clunk, rattle, clunk of the rented Enterprise van had become familiar. I no longer...
Women’s Day
Though The Sewing Machine Project has no gender specific policy, most of the machines we distribute go to women. Since the beginning, groups begun by and working with women find a connection with the work we do. We hear the stories. Stories of great need, of women...
WPT – The Sewing Machine Project on Wisconsin Life
The Healing Power of Sewing
Listen to Margaret's Wisconsin Life interview.
Television Interviews
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