Celebrating 20 years in 2025!
I recently spoke to the Madison Horizons Rotary Club for one of their noon luncheons. I detailed the Sewing Machine Project and the audience was so warm and welcoming. After I’d finished, a gentleman approached me, so intrigued by the Project, and offered a $10,000 donation! This type of donation
Today I visited Gee’s Bend in Alabama, to see the incredible quilters and their work. You’ve got to understand, I view these women like rock stars! They’ve created beautiful art quilts from whatever they have around, and now they are world-renowned. The exhibit has travelled all over and people have
I’m writing this post from New Orleans and each of these visits brings new discoveries, new friends, new ways to appreciate this unique city and its people. My friend, Martie rode down with me this time and it was wonderful to see this city through a new set of eyes.
Next week brings another visit to my beloved New Orleans, and another 60 machines to be delivered. While some of these machines will go to individuals, others will be used to bolster the supplies at the schools that have already received machines to increase their numbers and make it possible
I was with some friends last night and they asked me how this project was going. The words came tumbling out, as they usually do when I get going on the success I’ve experienced so far. When I begin to describe one person who has helped me in some way
By Sunny Schubert (reprinted from Herald Independant 6/28/07) The “in” place to be in Monona last Saturday night was the fabulous lakeside home – also known as “The Old Bohrod Place” – of Tori and Dennis Hull. The occasion was a fundraiser they hosted for neighbor Margaret Jankowski’s Sewing Machine
501(c)3 Status We’re working hard to finalize the paperwork that’s necessary to become an official 501(c)3. Peter, my attorney, has been helping me out and sorting through all of the legalise–it’s quite a process but I’m happy to say, we’re nearing the finish line! BU I’ve spent this week in
I’m so excited to announce that some big websites out there have agreed to link to mine! Bernina of America has recognized the project and has agreed to post a link on their website. In addition, Alex Anderson and Ricky Timms have thrown their wholehearted support behind the Project on
I work for a Bernina dealership, Hans’ Sewing, in Madison, Wisconsin. When our district representative from Bernina heard about this project, she was very excited. She and I talked about the possibility of Bernina donating some brand new machines. It was worth a try. Our rep, Kerry, approached the President
In March ’06, when we took the first load of machines to New Orleans, a woman walked through the door, asking if she could take multiple machines for the Mardi Gras Indian community. This remarkable woman, Becky, would soon become my connection to other remarkable women. She explained how sewing
A woman stopped in our shop awhile back wondering if we were still accepting sewing machine donations to take to New Orleans, and, of course, we were. As she and I began talking I could tell there was so much more to the story. As it turns out she had
Many people have asked me how this project got started and I remember a moment quite distinctly…when I read an article on the internet about a woman who had lost her sewing machine in the tsunami. Not only was I moved by what I was reading but I knew, without
