John Grant Quotes

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

A piece of fabric can get me going.

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

I have a sewing machine that I adore, and I spend a lot of time sitting in front of it when I'm not working. And any excuse to paint or draw or do something artistic with my hands really gets me going. Definitely aspiring.

My mother is very good at sewing and makes wonderful quilts.

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

I'm a little bit of a fabric lunatic.

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

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 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.

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

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

My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into.

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.

Textiles embody all the dimensions of art: color, innovation, talent.

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.

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

I think Gotye is really dope. The music that I enjoy listening to isn't as intense as my music is.

Writing is like sewing together what I call these 'buttons,' these bits and pieces.

Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.

Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.

We simply write the kind of music we enjoy most and hope that our audience will enjoy it too.

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.

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.