sewing machine Archives - The Sewing Machine Project

Stories to tell

by Margaret | Feb 21, 2023 | Donors and Donations, Founder's Musings | 24 comments

I, like many sewers, have a few machines in my “stable”. It was time to clean house. My mom’s Featherweight…nope, can’t get rid of that one. My day-to-day machine…always in use. That one stays put. Back in the corner of the closet is a familiar case—a faded plastic...

Five Machines

by Margaret | Aug 22, 2021 | Machine Recipient Stories | 6 comments

…an excerpt from a letter I recently wrote to a donor This letter so full of gratitude…I hope you can feel it spilling off of the page. I recently reached out to a few of our volunteers asking them to take over the preparation of three shipments of sewing...

We made The Week!

by Margaret | Jun 17, 2021 | In the News | 2 comments

The Sewing Machine Project is featured in The Week magazine’s Good News section! Check it out! https://theweek.com/life/good-news/1001635/this-nonprofit-helps-people-around-the-world-learn-the-empowering-skill-of

Christian Science Monitor

by Margaret | Jun 17, 2021 | In the News | 6 comments

Please be sure to read this great article about The Sewing Machine Project that appeared recently in the Christian Science Monitor....

A New Chapter

by Margaret | Sep 11, 2019 | Community Programs-National, Founder's Musings, General | 2 comments

Tic tic tic, the needle moves up and down powerfully and effortlessly. The stitch is perfect–even and balanced–the upper and lower threads grabbing hold of one another, hands held in a tiny dot on the fabric’s surface. I am alone in our workroom. An...