Amanda Palmer Quotes

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

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

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.

Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.

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

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 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 love playing around with vintage fabrics and lace.

I used to cross-stitch because my mom cross-stitched.

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 have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials.

What do you like to do?” She scuffed a toe amongst the rushes. “Needlework.” “Very restful, isn’t it?” “Well,” said Arya, “not the way I do it.

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

I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors.

I preferred sewing to bossing little children.

A piece of fabric can get me going.

I'm a little bit of a fabric lunatic.

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

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 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.

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

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 growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I've always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It's a claim to forgiveness. It is never aggressive, it's not a pin.

The reward of a successful collaboration is a thing that cannot be produced by either of the parties working alone. It is akin to the benefits of sex with a partner, as opposed to masturbation. The latter is fun, but you show me anyone who has gotten a baby from playing with him or herself, and I'll show you an ugly baby, with just a whole bunch of knuckles.