Celebrating 20 years in 2025!
I’ll admit it…this weekend started out jangly. My mind and heart were rambling to places they shouldn’t go but sometimes, knowing these things isn’t enough to change them. Rather, I find it better to try and be still and figure out what it is I’m supposed to learn from all
I needed to load 20 machines on a pallet and ship them to New Orleans. Behind the 8Ball on this one, I was rushing around to organize which machines to send and where I’d get them. So it was that yesterday I ran over to the Lake Edge Lutheran Church,
My sweet friend Tricia is such an adventurer. Her young, restless soul is all too familiar to me (ok, maybe not the young part…). It’s so cool, though, that Tricia seeks ways to help others in this world while learning about other cultures during her travels. So it was no
Today was the day!! After months of planning, researching and preparing we shipped 83 machines to a group called Mayan Families in Panajachel, Guatemala. Mayan Families already has a little sewing program going but there has been so much interest that they needed more machines! Enter The Sewing Machine Project.
Recently, I put out a call to volunteers to help us wade through the huge donation from Bernina of America. We received 325 machines, all the same model, but in varying degrees of repair…some brand new, others in need of attention. What a great gift! So I asked for help.
It all started with an email from Michelle…”I collect sewing machines” it began…turns out she lovingly collects and restores sewing machines as a hobby. Michelle directed me to her blog and does she ever! Just take a look! Michelle wanted to know if i’d like some of her reworked machines
In late February I met Tom Justic, VP of Sales for Bernina of America.I told him about The Sewing Machine Project’s mission and what we’re all about. He pondered all of this a minute and said “I think we might have some machines for you.” Turns out they had some
It’s like Christmas! Talented artists in the Madison area and around the country have embraced the challenge of designing new SeaHope Artists’ bags! With each newly-embellished bag delivered we are continually in awe of the depth and breadth of talent! They’re all so unique and wonderful!! I am so grateful
It happened by chance…I was at a meeting discussing the newly arrived Bhutanese population in Madison over a year ago and one woman present at the meeting approached me afterwards… “I’m heading to El Salvador with a Habitat for Humanity group in just a few days and I know the
I drove to St. Louis and back yesterday. Not my normal mo, but this was a special trip. I’ve been corresponding lately with Frances Harrison, the woman who wrote the article I read after the tsunami hit Sri Lanka in late 2004. Ms. Harrison’s article struck me so deeply that
I was thrilled to be included in Brava magazine’s April issue. Here’s the article! Thank you, Brava!
SeaHope Partners, an initiative of The Sewing Machine Project, was created in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill to help mend communities affected by the spill. SeaHope achieves this goal by selling a specially designed messenger bag, made of recycled nautical materials and donating the proceeds to groups
