Sara Davies Quotes

A piece of fabric can get me going.

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

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 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.

As a kid, I always used to make clothes. My grandmother made everything with me - she taught me how to knit.

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.

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.

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 love playing around with vintage fabrics and lace.

Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.

I am not someone who has hobbies. I have tried knitting, and I can't figure it out.

I love arts and crafts.

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

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

I actually did an upholstery course a little while ago and have a brand-new sewing machine with my name on it, ready to start tearing apart the soft furnishings in my house.

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!'

There's something very satisfying about creating a tactile product.

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

Sally Field taught me to do needlepoint on 'Steel Magnolias,' and a standby painter on 'Pelican Brief' taught me to knit. I'm pretty good at it now!

It sounds a bit sad, but my new hobby is knitting. I love it. I find it really relaxing.

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.