Hand Stitching Quotes

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

In my contemporary stories, I write about today's quilters, inventive techniques they use, and how technology has influenced their art. Novels set in the past let me have fun researching patterns that were popular and fabrics and tools available to quilters through history.

As a young girl, I watched my mother hand-stitch thobes while sitting on the floor with a lamp at her side. She would make the small designs of flowers and different shapes. Just thinking about it brings up so many memories of my mother and how proud she was of being Palestinian.

I had to learn to sew when I was growing up, because nothing else fitted me.

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

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

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.