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"After all, a woman didn't leave much behind in the world to show she'd been there. Even the children she bore and raised got their father's name. But her quilts, now that was something she could pass ..."

"Women derive a pleasure, incomprehensible to the other sex, from the delicate toil of the needle."

"The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and needle.' But this definition does not correspond to the work accompl..."

"You are not one of Pentrigrel’s creations. This is not where you belong. He will not keep his word to you. He is concerned only with himself. You cannot condemn yourself to this over Lunette’s fate."

"The Sewing Machine CharmTo A Life Bound by Family, The Thread That Ties Us All Together"

"I made a gift for you, Good Proctor. I had to sit long hours in a chair, and passed the time with sewing." - Mary Warren"

"I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more."

"fabrics doesn't make exquisite dresses, it is the stitches."

"As far as we could tell, the face of the revolution was a sea of embroidering women, patiently waiting the resignation of their repressive governor."