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Enchanted Makeovers Collaboration

by Margaret | Oct 21, 2010 | General | 0 comments

Recently, I learned of an amazing effort called Enchanted Makeovers. Their purpose is to bring hope and vision into the lives of women living in homeless and battered womens shelters. Sometimes they makeover the entire shelter, and other times they host events which...

In memory…

by Margaret | Sep 27, 2010 | Donors and Donations, Founder's Musings, General, Stories machines carry | 2 comments

Recently I’ve been receiving donations in memory of a woman named Viola Kraemer. I’ve never met Viola…and each time I receive a donation online or in the mail I find myself wanting to know more about her. Viola was a quilter in Minnesota and it is...

Southern Louisiana, July 2010 II

by Margaret | Jul 7, 2010 | General | 0 comments

I am here in Louisiana learning more about the southern part of the state, talking to people affected by the oil spill, learning how The Sewing Machine Project can help. I am learning so much. I am in Terrebonne Parish, an area where most everyone either works in the...

Southern Louisiana, July 2010

by Margaret | Jul 5, 2010 | General | 4 comments

We are beginning a new project called SeaHope Partners. This arm of The Sewing Machine Project aims to help coastal residents affected by the oil spill in the Gulf. We have a couple of different ideas…both pretty exciting. For starters, we are working on a new...

New Orleans Times Picayune June 6

by Margaret | Jun 7, 2010 | General, In the News | 0 comments

Just returned from a trip to New Orleans. Our main work this time was with John Douthat from AllBrands, with the Adams Street Cultural Development Center and with Cherice Harrison-Nelson and the Mardi Gras Indians. John D. has been so kind and generous and I am...

New Orleans, May 2010

by Margaret | May 20, 2010 | General | 2 comments

Next week we’re returning to New Orleans. When I was there in March I met a dynamic young woman–Nicole Chang. She is part of the Our Legacy program and is working on a new effort called DIVAS. This new group reaches out to high school girls in the New...