General Archives - The Sewing Machine Project

Happy New Year

by Margaret | Jan 1, 2019 | General | 1 comment

When I look at the list of all that was done in 2018 I am awestruck. We: *connected with 38 new groups, delivering over 300 sewing machines; *received an amazing donation from Brother, International; *shipped machines to Puerto Rico to help with hurricane recovery;...

Focus on Donors: Third Stage Bags

by Margaret | Oct 15, 2018 | General | 2 comments

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...

Thank you, MGE!

by Margaret | Sep 4, 2018 | General | 1 comment

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....

Well, hello there, Eldredge!

by Margaret | Feb 8, 2018 | General | 3 comments

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...

Wing and a prayer

by Margaret | Nov 3, 2017 | General, In the News | 1 comment

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....