Community Programs-National Archives - Page 2 of 3

Benefit!!

by Margaret | Feb 26, 2019 | Community Programs-National, Donors and Donations, General | 1 comment

JOIN THE SEWING MACHINE PROJECT AND THE CHURCH OF YOGA FOR A DONATION BASED CLASS BENEFITTING THE NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS INDIAN COUNCIL When I walked through the double shotgun house that is becoming the Center for the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Council I...

Somebody gotta sew!

by Margaret | Feb 24, 2019 | Community Programs-National, In the News | 1 comment

“Somebody gotta sew sew sew” This time of year my thoughts drift to New Orleans, imagining the Mardi Gras Indians in their final days of preparation for Mardi Gras Day when the world will first see their new suits. Colors and stories unveiled, magic...

Happy New Year-a 2018 retrospective

by Margaret | Jan 1, 2019 | Community Programs-National, Founder's Musings, General, Recent Machine Deliveries | 2 comments

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;...

Winter, Wisconsin

by Margaret | Mar 7, 2018 | Community Programs-National, General, Machine Recipient Stories | 1 comment

The ladies in Winter, Wisconsin are sewing up a storm. This time of year, it’s probably a snowstorm!! A recent article in the Sawyer County Gazette shared details of the sewing program. I’ve included the text from the article here as there is no online...

Wing and a prayer

by Margaret | Nov 3, 2017 | Community Programs-National, General | 2 comments

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....

Provokestyle Fashion Camp-Florida

by Margaret | Aug 21, 2017 | Community Programs-National, Recent Machine Deliveries, Youth Programs | 2 comments

Merline Labissiere’s application for machines was a dream in action. A finalist in Project Runway season 14, Ms. Labissiere couldn’t wait to teach kids to sew. She started the Provokestyle nonprofit to get this idea going. Working with kids from two...