anotheranon | Lessons I learned from sewing

>In an argument between the needle and your finger, the needle
>always wins.
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>When tempted to toss the sewing machine through the
>window, don't. It always gets the last laugh when you take it
>into the shop and pay to replace the glass.
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>When you have a deadline, everything that can go wrong, will
>go wrong. Six times.
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>The seamripper is our friend. Especially when we want to jam
>it into something.
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>Sewing implements make great torture tools. Just ask the
>pitiful fabric scraps huddling in terror in my stash.
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>Our skin is NOT needle/pin/scissor/seamripper proof.
>Contrary to popular belief.
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>Everything in its place and a place for everything.
>Does it count when everything is everywhere?
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>It's not a good project until it looks like the fabric monster
>sneezed in your workroom.
>It's not a great project until it looks like the fabric monster
>sneezed in your house.
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>When in doubt, you might as well start over, because you've
>likely messed up ten times already.
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>Coffee is our friend. However, coffee and fabric are NOT.
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>If you can eat it and make a mess, you're bound to crave it
>while working on something.
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>Sewing + sleepy = Frankenstein's Monster
>~
>I am a grouch in the morning. I am a grouch when working.
>Enter the workroom in the morning at your own peril.
>Enter the workroom...ever... at your own peril.
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>If you drop a needle, you will find it. With your foot.
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>Say it with me. The iron is hot...
>~
>When using a water soluble pen on fabric, it's a halfway smart
>idea not to use the steam setting on the iron afterward...
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>Creativity is a two edged sword. You know, the kind you can
>wedge between two rocks and fall on?
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>Your dummy is NOT an oversized voodoo doll.
>Although...
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>Repetition is a good thing.
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>Repetition is... Who am I kidding?
>Repetition is for the birds.
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>There's always room for error.
>The trick is leaving room to get it right.
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>When you can't do nuthin right, don't do nuthin at all.
>Take a break!
>~
>It's always best to take time to smell the roses.
>Doing so while in a straight jacket is ever so much better.
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>Relax, have fun. You wouldn't be doing this unless you
>wanted to. Right? Right!?!
>~
>Never stop learning and always be able to laugh at your
>mistakes.
>Everyone else is...