Celebrating 20 years in 2025!
Sheila Strupe, at the New Orleans Times-Picayune wrote a lovely article about the Sewing Machine Project this week. Please take a moment to read it! Times-Picayune article.
I’m preparing for another trip to New Orleans in 1 1/2 short weeks (taking over 70 machines!) and looking over the costs of these trips. So many people have asked how they can help with this project and this is where you can really make a difference! It’s easy to make
Bernina of America recently announced an incredible promotion which will happen this spring. If you bring your old, working sewing machine into a Bernina dealership between March 31 and April 11, you can get a $100 rebate on a new Bernina. Dealerships can decide who will receive the donated machines
I flew out to Boulder, Colorado a few weeks ago to participate in the taping of e-town radio. I had been informed a few weeks before that I’d been chosen to receive one of their “e-chievement awards”. The entire experience was wonderful! I learned, after I’d been scheduled to appear,
This is exciting news! My friend nominated me for an etown radio e-chievement award. This nomination came about late last summer and over the months I’ve corresponded with the etown folks here and there, telling them bits and pieces about The Sewing Machine Project. A few weeks ago I was
We have had more snow in Wisconsin this winter than I can remember in recent years–not since my childhood can I remember having these big snowbanks, “snow days” with school and business closings, a real white winter! It’s beautiful but Wisconsinites are starting to long for spring. Reading about the Mardi
I was pleased to see that there’s a blog post on the Bernina USA website about the Sewing Machine Project. I met the District Managers and Bernina Educators a little over a week ago in Chicago. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to share information about the Sewing Machine
In December we added another donation site in Edgerton, Wisconsin. Edgerton’s a quaint little town, just a little south of Madison. Diane Everson runs the Edgerton Reporter newspaper and she contacted me about doing an interview for the paper. As we talked we explored the idea of creating another donation
Although I think it’s important all year around to give thanks for what we have, I find that the holidays are an especially good time to look back over the year and realize all of the things that make our lives so wonderful. I am so incredibly thankful for the
I’m thrilled to have The Sewing Machine Project featured in the December 2007 issue of Wisconsin Woman magazine. Justine Kessler wrote a fine article detailing the Project’s progress. Take a look! It was Margaret Jankowski’s mother who taught her to sew when Margaret was just a little girl. Sewing has
Well, the wait is over and the letter has finally arrived! The Sewing Machine Project is officially a 501c3 non profit! We now can accept tax-deductible donations and apply for funding. Thank you to Peter McKeever, our attorney for all of his help working through the process, and thank you
Recently, with the help of one of our Board members, a media kit was presented to Oprah’s team for consideration on one of her future programs. They were working on a series called “The Power of One” and unfortunately, our Project wasn’t chosen for this particular series. The team was,
