Blog - The Sewing Machine Project

Spring 2021 Newsletter

by Margaret | May 17, 2021 | In the News, Our Newsletters

Here is the link to our Spring 2021 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/f754049c8ed0/check-out-our-spring-2021-newsletter-4728473

Sew and So podcast!

by Margaret | May 4, 2021 | In the News

It was an honor to be featured on the Sew And So podcast. This was a great conversation...please take a listen! https://www.sewandsopodcast.com/episodes/episode-6-margaret-jankowski

Spring

by Margaret | Mar 21, 2021 | Founder's Musings, General

"Are you still collecting sewing machines?" The question, the sole content of an email, lingered on the page. "Of course! We are always collecting machines!" I replied, going on to detail how to do so. It's been a quiet year for everyone--rethinking, recalculating,...

Thrivent Choice Dollars

by Margaret | Nov 30, 2020 | Donors and Donations, General, In the News

Are you a Thrivent Member? The Sewing Machine Project is proud to be included among the organizations approved to accept Thrivent Choice Dollars! If you wish to make a donation using your Thrivent Choice options, here are the instructions: Instructions: -Go to...

Our Fall 2020 Newsletter

by Margaret | Nov 17, 2020 | Our Newsletters

Here is the link to our Fall 2020 Newsletter. Please read and enjoy. If you'd like to receive our Biannual newsletters automatically, just sign up through the "Contact" portion of our website and you'll be kept in the loop!...

Mending the World

by Margaret | Oct 12, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General

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 brings. There is so much work to be done. I want to do...

Gail

by Margaret | Jul 19, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General, Our Board and Volunteers

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

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

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 in the loop!...

And just like that…

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

...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 necessary...