Gilbert Baker Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I love patchwork quilts. But not in music.

Our dresses take a long time to make.

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

I'm good at embroidery. It's what I always wanted to do.... Yep, instead of whoring, I just wanted to do fancy embroidery.

From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts.

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

I preferred sewing to bossing little children.

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

I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.

A piece of fabric can get me going.

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.

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.

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 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.