It takes a village…

by | Oct 2, 2012 | General | 2 comments

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, our current...

Machines to India

by | Aug 28, 2012 | General | 1 comment

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...

Machines to Guatemala

by | Aug 4, 2012 | General | 4 comments

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...

Help when we need it

by | Jul 10, 2012 | General, In the News | 0 comments

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...

The Iowa Angels

by | Jun 16, 2012 | General | 5 comments

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...

Thank you, Bernina!

by | Jun 11, 2012 | General | 2 comments

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...

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