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Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come

Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that – one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

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

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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

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

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