General Archives - Page 25 of 40 - The Sewing Machine Project

A wonderful memory

by Margaret | May 10, 2010 | Donors and Donations, General, Stories machines carry | 1 comment

I received a sewing machine in the mail last week and accompanying the machine was this letter: The enclosed sewing machine belonged to my sister-in-law, Wendy. For 2 1/2 years, Wendy fought the good fight in her battle with lymphoma of the central nervous system. I...

I feel so lucky

by Margaret | May 7, 2010 | Donors and Donations, General, Stories machines carry | 0 comments

I received a phone call this week from a woman who had read about the Sewing Machine Project in the newspaper. “Wow, I had a hard time tracking you down!”, she said. Apparently, she’d called the paper, called a collection site, talked with the...

Wisconsin State Journal April 2010

by Margaret | Apr 26, 2010 | General, In the News | 2 comments

A great SMP update appeared in today’s State Journal. The source of the 100 machines that they mention is All Brands in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Sewing Shares-Vision meets Reality

by Margaret | Apr 14, 2010 | General | 3 comments

I visited the University Apartments on the campus of UW-Madison last night to see how their sewing classes were going. They are our pilot site for this program and what I saw still has me smiling. It is beautiful to see cultures and traditions blending as women learn...

In memory of a friend…

by Margaret | Apr 6, 2010 | Donors and Donations, General | 2 comments

I received a donation recently with this letter: Enclosed is a donation in memory of my friend, Jeanne Miller, who died last week from metastatic breast cancer. She was an avid quilter and seamstress. We saw information about your organization on Sewing With Nancy and...

Thank you AllBrands!

by Margaret | Mar 27, 2010 | General | 0 comments

Not that long ago I was contacted by John, the owner of All Brands, based in Baton Rouge, LA. Initially, we discussed All Brands becoming a collection site for machines and this, in itself, is a wonderful thing. We’ve needed a collection site in Louisiana and...