Woman has relied heretofore too entirely for her support on the needle – that one-eyed demon of destruction that slays thousands annually; that evil genius of our sex, which, in spite of all our devotion, will never make us healthy, wealthy, or wise. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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

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

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