Founder's Musings Archives - The Sewing Machine Project

Spring

by Margaret | Mar 21, 2021 | Founder's Musings, General | 6 comments

“Are you still collecting sewing machines?” The question, the sole content of an email, lingered on the page. “Of course! We are always collecting machines!” I replied, going on to detail how to do so. It’s been a quiet year for...

Mending the World

by Margaret | Oct 12, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General | 4 comments

My husband Peter looked lovingly across the table. “Honey,” he said, “you can’t save the world.” “But I want to!” I said. I’d been reading the paper and could feel the mounting tension that each day’s news always...

Gail

by Margaret | Jul 19, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General, Our Board and Volunteers | 3 comments

I got word yesterday that Gail had passed. Gail. I saw her face before my eyes. Full of light. Always so full of light. Gail became a volunteer with the Sewing Machine Project several years ago. She loved tinkering with old sewing machines. Not much use for the high...

And just like that…

by Margaret | Mar 26, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General, Our Board and Volunteers | 2 comments

…everything changed. In the past few weeks society has come to a halt as the battle with Covid-19 wages. The Sewing Machine Project is affected, as are most businesses and nonprofits, communities and individuals across the country, across the globe, by the...

TBT

by Margaret | Mar 5, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General, Recipient Stories | 0 comments

I’m sorting and organizing the photos on my computer. It’s time consuming, best tackled in little pieces, but boy oh boy, is it fascinating! It helps me to remember the rich journey that is the Sewing Machine Project. I look at my face in some of the...

It takes a village

by Margaret | Jan 23, 2020 | Founder's Musings, General, International, Machine Recipient Stories, Our Board and Volunteers | 0 comments

It takes a village to do most things…raise a child, nourish a family, nurture a full life. The Sewing Machine Project, I discover over and over, is a village in itself–a tiny, busy, loving machine that whirs with energy. I’m reminded every day, as...