Our Stories

The Turning Point By Rhondda Fanning—Australia My love of sewing started when I was a child. One of my early memories is learning to use my mother’s treadle machine. My sister recently reminded me that I put the needle through...

Sharing in Aqua Aerobics By Louise Ambrosi—Leicestershire, United Kingdom I first heard about the Sew Powerful project back in July 2015 via bag pattern designer Two Pretty Poppets on Facebook. I was amazed and moved at how a simple thing...

Practical Pieces By Linda McGowan—Wilton, Maine From the earliest remembrances of my life, I have had a love for needle and thread and the possibilities these tools allow me to accomplish. Those first stitches were large and the projects small....

Verna - Colorado   When I was a little girl and asked the question, " what do you want to be when you grow up?"  My answer," I want an orphanage."  I always pictured a lot of girls in a foreign...

By Jan Paul—Fayetteville, Arkansas Can a purse be powerful? Interesting question. It reminds me of those old TV shows where the little old lady whacks a guy over the head with her purse. Recently God showed me the power of...

Sharron Mitchell   My name is Sharron Mitchell and I have been making purses to sell for a couple of years. I have an online store and enjoy doing craft shows. In 2018 my husband's health was deteriorating. He had...

Sandy Simm - UK   This will be my fourth year with the Sew Powerful Team and what a team it was and is becoming.  I loved the idea of the charity as it was not asking for money, which I...

Rose Turner Payne - Texas   We are a group of ladies that have been sewing together for more than 25 years.  We call ourselves the Texas PinPals.  We have always been passionate about supporting women, supporting the textile arts, but...

Karen Relfe - Kentucky Weeding through unfinished sewing projects I inherited from my mother, I found many that seemed beyond repair.  Baffled at first, I began to see that Mom had been drawn to items most would toss, a stained blouse...