Philip Treacy Quotes

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.

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.

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

A piece of fabric can get me going.

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.

I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me how to use it when I was 12 years old. I used to find it so intriguing, how a flat piece of material could be made into an object that had so many uses.

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

I love playing around with vintage fabrics and lace.

I preferred sewing to bossing little children.

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

I'm a little bit of a fabric lunatic.

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

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.

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 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.

I used to make clothes for my sister's dolls. I couldn't care less for the dolls, but I could make the clothes really easily.

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.

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

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!'

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.

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.