Sea Hope Partners

SeaHope show at Absolutely Art!

m1jankowski — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:40:18 +0000

Artist: Nancy Zieman

Artist: Tsela Barr

Please join us for the

SeaHope Partners
Artist’s Bag show!

Absolutely Art
2322 Atwood Ave.
Madison, WI

We have lots and lots of new bags!
Local and national artists include:
Nancy Zieman
Bird Ross
Tsela Barr
Andrea Herkert
Cherie St. Cyr
Lou Berryman
Sandy Wright
and many, many more!

Please plan on attending the opening reception on
Friday, June 1 from 5-9PM

Net proceeds will benefit
Bayou Grace Community Services

SeaHope Partners donates proceeds to Bayou Grace

m1jankowski — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:05:57 +0000

Bayou Grace Donation:SeaHope Partners, an initiative of The Sewing Machine Project, was created in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill to help mend communities affected by the spill. SeaHope achieves this goal by selling a specially designed messenger bag, made of recycled nautical materials and donating the proceeds to groups which work to mend communities in the Gulf.

SeaHope is proud to announce the donation of $1200 to Bayou Grace, a grassroots organization whose mission is stated as follows: Bayou Grace addresses the most critical and immediate needs of residents of the 5 Bayous in Lower Terrebonne Parish, LA to give renewed strength to the community and to mobilize residents in advocacy for the environmental health of their communities.

The Sewing Machine Project/SeaHope recognizes the wonderful efforts of this group as they mend their community. This donation is earmarked to assist with the community meals, orchestrated by Bayou Grace, which bring community residents together and give them a venue and a voice to mend their community.

SeaHope Partners and Loss Talk

m1jankowski — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:09:33 +0000

I am in the New Orleans area right now and met yesterday with a group called Loss Talk, based Houma, LA. This is a fantastic idea and a fantastic group. The philosophy is to heal lives and communities through conversation. Loss Talk trains people in an affected area following a significant event like the 2010 oil spill. These individuals are trained to facilitate groups of people who need to talk about all of the issues surrounding something like this…from the emotional issues to the logistics ones…no issues is too big or too small.

Loss Talk also helps groups come together to talk about death or suicide or bankruptcy. Believing the deep down, we’re all connected and these issues all touch on one another, these groups strengthen the members and also the community, making it more resilient when future issues arise.

We are working with Loss Talk to explore ways in which we can work together to heal and mend communities.

Sewing With Nancy and SeaHope

m1jankowski — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:01:02 +0000

Nancy Zieman kindly invited me to visit with her on Sewing With Nancy about SeaHope Partners. Here’s a link to that video.

Etsy blogs about SeaHope!

m1jankowski — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:50:14 +0000

Recently Etsy featured a great post and story about the SeaHope project…take a peek!

SeaHope Partners in the Quilting Arts Blog

m1jankowski — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:05:01 +0000

Recently, Quilting Arts featured a great article on SeaHope Partners and The Sewing Machine Project in their blog. Check it out!

Houma Today

m1jankowski — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:10:10 +0000

Houma Today, Terrebonne Parish’s local newspaper featured this article on SeaHope Partners.

Artists' Bags…

m1jankowski — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:54:41 +0000

As we’ve been developing the SeaHope messenger bag we’ve been talking about the idea of having a special one-of-a-kind series of bags in addition to the fabulous bags you’ve been seeing on this blog. Hmmmm, we’ve been thinking…what could we do?? Our bags are already unique even one from the next but what about taking it one step further??

And then–Eureka!–it came to us!! How about asking artists to design one-of-a-kind bags?? And the Artists’ Series was born.

So we’ve asked artists in the Gulf and around the country to design these special bags. They might be painted, they might be beaded…we’re leaving the artistry to the artists! As the bags are completed, we’ll feature them in an online gallery on the SeaHope site where they’ll be available for purchase. Yes, they’ll be significantly more expensive than the other bags but they’ll be one of a kind art pieces.

So stay tuned…the awesome messenger bags and the Artists’ Bags are on their way!

Ahhhhhh!

m1jankowski — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:13:01 +0000

The first round of bags has been delivered to the sewing contractor and there was an audible sigh of relief…

The SeaHope Partners website is just days away from being finished…

And it’s finally almost time to begin ordering bags…

And we have other surprises in the works for down the road…

So prepare yourselves…

THE BAGS ARE COMING!

(In case you’re wondering…that thing in the picture is a “Telltail”…used for gauging wind direction when sailing…just one of the possible details that might be on a bag…)

Local Sailors Support SeaHope Partners

jwender — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:01:52 +0000

Local sailors from Madison and Milwaukee,Wisconsin have donated so many sails! It feels good to know we’re recycling with such a great result! Wait ’til you see the bags!