Needlework

Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than while so occupied. – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, 1859

The only place where housework comes before needlework is in the dictionary. – Mary Kurtz

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path. – Mason Cooley

Sewing mends the soul. – Author Unknown

She watched and taught the girls that sang at their embroidery frames while the great silk flowers grew from their needles. – Louise Jordan Miln, The Feast of Lanterns

Needlepoint: the delicious art of filling in holes with wool. – Carole Berman and Jennifer Lazarus

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again. – Dorothy Day

I like making a piece of string into something I can wear. – Author Unknown

May your bobbin always be full! – Author Unknown

From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts. – Honore de Balzac

Stitch your stress away. – Author Unknown

If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. – Irish Proverb

The priest was on a roll: “Each person you meet is worthy of your compassion!” he prayed loudly. “Sheep, too,” the knitter mentally added. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket. – Charles Simic

All my scattering moments are taken up with my needle. – Ellen Birdseye Wheaton, 1851

Asking a seamstress to mend is like asking Michelangelo to paint your garage. – Author Unknown

Sewing fills my days, not to mention the living room, bedroom, and closets. – Author Unknown

Sewing: A creative mess is better than tidy idleness. – Author Unknown

So much fabric, so little time! Or, sew much fabric, sew little time! – Author Unknown

As ye sew, so shall ye rip. – Author Unknown