Personal Stories Archives - The Sewing Machine Project

Bib and Tucker, Birmingham

by Margaret | Jun 9, 2017 | Personal Stories, Recent Machine Deliveries | 1 comment

by Chris Thomas, SMP board member Think of the old-time quilting bee and you’ll have an idea of what goes on at the Bib and Tucker Sew-Op. Women’s fingers are busy cutting and stitching while their chatter fills the room. Stories are swapped. Friendships are cemented....

YouMe Clothing-So Unique!

by Margaret | Oct 25, 2016 | General, Personal Stories | 0 comments

When we received the application for sewing machines from YouMe Clothing we couldn’t help but smile. It’s such a unique and beautiful idea! I asked Lauren Wallis, YouMe’s Founder, for a brief update: “YOUME Clothing is a nonprofit that exists...

Mexico

by Margaret | May 19, 2015 | General, Personal Stories, Recipient Stories | 1 comment

The ladies of Rancho la Joya in Mexico are a resilient bunch. The land that supports and sustains them is rocky and dry with a beating sun that will send you running for shade. I was fortunate to visit in 2012 after my sweet friend, Cherie shined a light on them for...

Knowing who we are.

by Margaret | Apr 7, 2015 | General, Personal Stories | 1 comment

We are updating The Sewing Machine Project brochure. Our logo has changed, our colors have changed, and so much has been done–it’s time to update our face out there! But as I write the copy for this brochure I find that I keep sitting back and looking to...

The story continues…

by Margaret | Mar 15, 2011 | Donor Stories, General, Personal Stories | 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 | General, Personal Stories | 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...