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

When I learned to sew, I forgot how to cook. – Author Unknown

If I stitch fast enough, does it count as aerobic exercise? – Author Unknown

Her needlework both plain and ornamental was excellent, and she might have put a sewing machine to shame. – James Edward Austen-Leigh, about Jane Austen