Tamzin Outhwaite Quotes

My grandma taught me how to hand-sew, so I'm always making things from hand-me-downs.

Yes, I do sew. I started when I was around 8 or 9 and have been doing it off and on since then.

I'm a little bit of a fabric lunatic.

My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I'd use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens.

I am a good sewer. My mother taught me how to sew.

I like to work a lot with wood. I make furniture that falls apart. I also sew.

I love playing around with vintage fabrics and lace.

I've always been creative - I baked, knitted and crocheted with my mum and grandma.

Sometimes I wish that I hadn't learned how to crochet," I say, and Alice laughs. Obviously she thinks I'm joking, which is maybe for the best.

The pattern's laid out on the bed With dozens of colors of thread But you've got the needle I guess that's the point in the end

My mom was a seamstress, and I wish I'd learned to sew because I'm obsessed with 'Project Runway!'

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

So for years I kept mum about my passion for needle arts.

A piece of fabric can get me going.

When I was younger, my grandma taught me how to cut patterns and sew.

I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising.

I love to hand sew. I sometimes make clothing for my children, which of course they grow out of in a matter of minutes. I thoroughly love it.

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.

From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.

I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match things up.

If I want to calm down, I'll buy some fabric, get a pattern, shut myself in a room and stay there for days, really happy. And at the end of it, you get a bedspread or some curtains or something to wear - it's lovely.

My mom taught me how to sew when I was 2 or 3, so I've been sewing for as long as I can remember.

When I was young, I made all of my own clothes.

Both of my grandmothers were needlewomen, so I grew up around dress design.

That's really how I ended up making the first flag - I was the guy who could sew it.