50 Sewing Quotes that Promote Creativity

By Norbert Juma

Master quote curator and editor on a mission to inspire

Published January 12, 2023

We have created the best sewing quotes compilation for those who love sewing.

The quotes listed below are both exciting and inspirational.

You would enjoy reading and sharing these sewing quotes.

So, without any further ado, let’s dive in!

What are the physical benefits of sewing and stitching?

It might sound surprising, but there are certain benefits that one can achieve while spending some time stitching or sewing.

Sewing or stitching helps in:

Developing a proper sitting posture
Improving hand-eye coordination
Blood pressure management
Strengthening your immune system
Improving your mood

To get the details of these benefits, please continue reading.

1. Allows Developing a Proper Sitting Posture

You can use sewing to improve your sitting posture.

This is because you must sit upright and maintain a particular posture when sewing.

You would develop a habit of sitting upright and continue to follow this posture when doing other daily tasks.

Doing this also helps to lower back pain issues.

2. Improves Hand-Eye Coordination

For better cognitive development, we need to work on our hand-eye coordination.

While sewing, we cut and stitch along lines, which improves our spatial perception.

Also, you work carefully to prevent hurting your finger with the needle.

So, sewing practice can help you improve your hand-eye coordination.

3. Helps with Blood Pressure Management

You can attain various psychological and physical benefits by focusing on sewing.

For instance, you can also manage your blood pressure by keeping yourself busy creating something.

Sewing is a kind of meditation for those who have chosen it as a hobby.

So this can help you lower your stress and your blood pressure.

4. Strengthens your Immune System

When you are stress-free and happy, you feel a positive change in all aspects of your life.

For instance, your body gains more strength in terms of its immune system.

A strong immune system prevents frequent health issues and ensures a healthy life.

5. Leads to a much Better Mood

Since sewing offers various health benefits, it also helps to increase our energy level.

As a result, our body experiences less stress and shows more dexterity.

This helps us to carry a good mood when performing our daily tasks.

Top 10 sewing quotes

Here are the top 10 most engaging sewing quotes to read and share.

1. “I do enjoy sewing.” — Andi Dorfman

2. “My sewing skills are terrible.” — Joe Lycett

3. “I preferred sewing to bossing little children.” — Mary Harris Jones

4. “My mother is very good at sewing and makes wonderful quilts.” — Coy Bowles

5. “My daughter does sewing, needlepoint, and very good drawings.” — David Linley

6. “‘Sewing Bee’ is making people realize that you can do it yourself.” — Esme Young

7. “I tote around that big ol’ sewing machine with me everywhere I go.” — Bianca Belair

8. “It used to be twelve people crowded around a sewing table; now it’s ten.” — Ben Shahn

9. “The art of sewing lyrics with the tune is very interesting as a music director.” — Ankit Tiwari

10. “Writing is like sewing together what I call these ‘buttons,’ these bits and pieces.” — Sandra Cisneros

Sewing quotes for inspiration

Are you looking for inspirational sewing quotes? Just take a look at the quotes below.

11. “The sewing machine charm. To a life bound by family, the thread that ties us all together” ― Viola Shipman

12. “The scar on my eye is a result of the doctor’s sewing up my face. It was 450 stitches and plastic surgery.” — Charlie Puth

13. “My regular life today is reading books, making dolls houses, sewing dolls with my daughter, and barbequing.” — Milla Jovovich

14. “When I moved out of my mom’s house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else.” — Beth Ditto

15. “When a man’s suit fits, when the construction is beautiful when the sewing and fabrics are there… in the end, you’ll look the best in it.” — John Varvatos

Deep sewing quotes about life and creativity

16. “When I write sad songs, I feel like I’m sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so much better than when I write happy ones.” — Sam Smith

17. “I’ve worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts – just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.” — Manny Pacquiao

18. “I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture.” — Bjork

19. “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.” — India de Beaufort

20. “Sleep is one of the great pleasures of life. Designing my bed linen line seemed like a natural progression for me. Everyone loves getting into a bed made up with beautiful linen. I love sewing, I love fabrics, and I love sleeping.” — Twiggy

Sewing quotes about family life

These sewing quotes relate to the importance of sewing in your past and current family life.

21. “I had my first sewing machine when I was 9. I trained in fashion illustration when I was in school.” — Jason Wu

22. “All the embroidery is made in my father’s workshop in India… and all the cutting and sewing is done in my studio.” — Naeem Khan

23. “My brother liked sewing and sculpting and making things, and my sister sewed and painted and cooked and baked.” — John Lasseter

24. “As an adult and a parent, when I’m not acting, I’m not acting. I’m being a parent, and I’m on the school run, and I’m sewing labels onto socks. That’s what I’m doing.” — Kate Winslet

25. “I really had an aptitude for sewing – my mother taught me. I even learned to embroider when I was very young and I made the most fantastic dresses for my dolls. So I thought I could be a designer.” — Lady Colin Campbell

Sewing quotes to make you smile

26. “When you grow up starving, you cannot point with pride to a book you’ve just spent six hours reading. Picking cotton, sewing flour bags into clothes – those were the skills my father grew up appreciating.” — Karin Slaughter

27. “I couldn’t sew on a day like this. There’s something in the air that gets in the blood and makes a sort of glory in my soul. My fingers would twitch and I’d sew a crooked seam. So it’s ho for the park and the pines.” ― Lucy Maud

28. “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.” — Philip Treacy

29. “I was a math whiz who stunk at English, so of course, I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. I performed impromptu plays for my grandmother’s sewing circle but forced my little sister to ask for ketchup at McDonald’s.” — Alethea Kontis

30. “When I was little, and whenever I had to wear a dress while my mother took up the hem or made any alterations, she told me to keep a thread from the dress in my mouth while she was sewing, and that would keep me from getting stuck by the needle.” — Charlotte Rae

Sewing quotes to lighten up your thoughts

These sewing quotes are motivational, giving you a reason to lighten up your thoughts.

31. “A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.” — Betsey Johnson

32. “Comparing science and religion isn’t like comparing apples and oranges – it’s more like apples and sewing machines.” — Jack Horner

33. “What we’re always looking for in students is who they are, and I think that’s something that happens on the ‘Sewing Bee’.” — Esme Young

34. “I’m able to show on YouTube what I’m passionate about, what I love to do and one of those things is sewing my gear.” — Bianca Belair

35. “The most casual examination will reveal the fact that all the jokes about the horrible results of masculine cooking and sewing are written by men.” — Heywood Broun

Sewing quotes for hobbyists and enthusiasts

36. “My husband went through a phase of giving me vacuum cleaners, sewing machines, and Mixmasters. It’s ironic. He is encouraging me to develop a hobby, I think.” — Cate Blanchett

37. “Blaming America for the problems of countries whose citizens would rather spend time sewing blankets to cover women’s faces than improving the quality of life is utterly ludicrous.” — Stephen Miller

38. “Robotics has already made significant inroads in electronics assembly, with sewing trades – traditionally many countries’ first entry point to the global trading system – likely to come next.” — Michael Spence

39. “The Royal Family doesn’t go out shopping for their uniforms: they’ve got some guy sewing on all the ornaments in-house. You could say I’ve got my own in-house team as well.” — Theophilus London

40. “You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms.” — Whitey Herzog

Sewing quotes about childhood memories

Sewing quotes listed in this section can relate to your childhood memories.

41. “My parents got me a sewing machine for Christmas during my senior year of high school.” — Kourtney Kardashian

42. “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.” — Serena Williams

43. “My family has always made clothes. Growing up, I can remember sewing machines being everywhere.” — Hector Bellerin

44. “My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.” — James Weldon Johnson

45. “I have great admiration and tenderness for Azzedine Alaia. I haven’t seen him in a while, but I guess he must be still sewing some dresses at night.” — Hedi Slimane

Longer sewing quotes to enjoy

46. “My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California.” — Michelle Pfeiffer

47. “I use filming as an excuse to take classes. I got my certification in sailing for ‘Wedding Crashers,’ and now I can handle a 26-foot boat. I played a seamstress once, so I took sewing classes. I love dipping into these other lives.” — Rachel McAdams

48. “Growing up around Amish farmland, I enjoyed the opportunity to witness firsthand their love of family, of the domestic arts – sewing, quilting, cooking, baking – as well as seeing them live out their tradition of faith in such a unique way.” — Beverly Lewis

49. “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.” — Bibhu Mohapatra

50. “I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future from the things that catch on to the hem of your skirt when you’ve been sewing, and different colored threads would mean different things… Of course, all that influenced me quite a lot as a child.” — Joanne Harris