Fall 2018 Newsletter
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
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
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 alone...
Thank you, MGE!
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. An...
Sewing and Healing
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, the...
Spring 2018 Newsletter
Here is the link to our Spring 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/cbd4e3a63590/sew-much-going-on-our-spring-newsletter
SMP in Notions magazine
The American Sewing Guild and the Sewing Machine Project go way back. Thank you, ASG, for your continued support and promotion of our efforts to mend communities!
Winter, Wisconsin
The ladies in Winter, Wisconsin are sewing up a storm. This time of year, it's probably a snowstorm!! A recent article in the Sawyer County Gazette shared details of the sewing program. I've included the text from the article here as there is no online link. ...
Well, hello there, Eldredge!
We meet regularly at The Sewing Machine Project to look over and prepare machines that have been donated to us--machines that are en route to their next home. Many cases are familiar, even before opening. I often look and think "oh, I know what you are!" before I even...
Wing and a prayer
The idea came to me so vividly. We would soon be traveling to Houston for the International Quilt Festival to set up a booth and share The Sewing Machine Project. Houston. And every sewing machine brand would be at the Festival as well. Houston. Hurricane Harvey....
$100 Donation Match
Arrow Sewing is matching donations up to $100! Learn more!
Common Threads
Common Threads, about the evolution and development of The Sewing Machine Project, is available now!
CBS Evening News
Click here to see us on The CBS Evening News.People Making a Difference Podcast
The Sew & So Podcast
We were so thankful for the opportunity afforded us by the Sew & So podcast to tell our story.
Click here to listen.
WPT – The Sewing Machine Project on Wisconsin Life
The Healing Power of Sewing
Listen to Margaret's Wisconsin Life interview.
Television Interviews
Visit our video archive to view our television appearances.