The Journey to Haiti begins
I want to document the process of developing a project in a new area. This seems like the perfect time and example. More than anything, I want to share with anyone reading this the incredible connections that happen in this project. Sometimes it takes my breath away...
DONATIONS FOR HAITI
We are receiving many emails asking how and when The Sewing Machine Project will be involved in helping Haiti. The Sewing Machine Project will be there. We are already beginning to make plans to ship machines and supplies and offer help when their communities begin to...
Our Hearts Go Out To Haiti
It is with awe and disbelief that we watch the events unfold following last week's 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. Stories emerge every minute, it seems--stories of suffering, cries for help...troubling stories of aid shipments caught up and unable to reach their...
Such a Kind Remembrance
I am grateful every time I open our post office box and find a donation waiting inside...I am grateful every time I receive word that someone has made a donation online. It touches me so deeply that you read about the work we do and it touches your heart and causes...
Our warehouse runneth over!!
Believe me, I'm not complaining! We have been blessed with lots and lots of fabric and pattern donations...so much so that we need to hold off for awhile. If you were thinking about donating some fabric or patterns to the Sewing Machine Project, bless you! But please...
Need a great Christmas gift idea?
Are you pondering what to get that sewist in your life who has everything? Why not make a donation to The Sewing Machine Project in her name? Just think about it...your donation would: help spread the joy of sewing to others; help develop a cause with help and...
Can you believe it’s December?
Can you believe it's December already? I feel like Santa has already visited when I look at the 25 new Bernette machines here in my house. The machines arrived a few weeks back from Bernina and last week a team of wonderful women volunteered to check them all out with...
Our New New Orleans Connection!
We had a kind email the other day from All Brands in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They will be our "go to" group for that area. All Brands will serve as our newest collection site and will also help us out with machine troubleshooting when we're there, doing our...
Sew News Magazine
Be sure to check out Sew News' December'09/January '10 issue. There we are on page 10! How wonderful to have this kind exposure!
Our Fall 2009 Newsletter
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