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New Orleans City Council

by Margaret | Mar 17, 2011 | General, In the News | 0 comments

The New Orleans City Council issued a proclamation today recognizing the work of The Sewing Machine Project. Cherice Harrison-Nelson went with me to the meeting to receive the award. I love this city. I love these people. I ache for the hardships they’ve...

The story continues…

by Margaret | Mar 15, 2011 | Donors and Donations, Founder's Musings, General, Stories machines carry | 0 comments

I received a machine and a generous financial donation today with this note… I am honored and humbled by any and all donations that we receive but some really strike me as they tell such a story. I love to imagine the story of a machine…the generations of...

What the world needs now…

by Margaret | Feb 14, 2011 | Founder's Musings, General | 1 comment

I was with a group of women one night last week and the conversation went to a very odd place. One of the women began talking about her distrust of other cultures, of a general feeling of…for lack of a better word…fear. And it wasn’t pretty. As I...

Sewing With Nancy

by Margaret | Feb 9, 2011 | General, In the News | 0 comments

The Sewing Machine Project was featured on the Nancy’s Corner segment of Sewing With Nancy in 2010. Better late than never, here’s that clip! Sewing With Nancy

Takes my breath away!

by Margaret | Dec 15, 2010 | General | 0 comments

The Sewing Machine Project post office box is such a source of good things! I get so excited whenever I open it to find a personally addressed envelope inside…something other than bank statements and government documents. Sometimes there are little notes giving...