Alek Wek

There are mothers who sew for six months to make a fashion collection - someone's grandmother, someone's sister. We come in and get paid to walk for 10 minutes at the end. Whenever I think about that, I realise it's not about me. I was just the one chosen to represent those women and sell the clothes.

British Designer

India de Beaufort

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.

British Actress

Bjork

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.

Musician

Amanda Plummer

I don't find anything interesting about the choices a character faces in major films or theater projects. The characters are just cut-out dolls with the American flag sewn on them.

Canadian Actress

Leonardo Bonucci

I feel I have the Juve shirt sewn to my body because I breathe it every day, but wearing the national team shirt is also an honour.

Italian Athlete

Ashley Nell Tipton

I was seven years old when my grandmother stated teaching me to sew, and she always encouraged me to be creative.

American Designer

Milla Jovovich

My regular life today is reading books, making dolls houses, sewing dolls with my daughter and barbequing.

Model

James Weldon Johnson

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.

American Poet

Wunmi Mosaku

I actually sewed my own wedding dress and I sewed my flower girl dresses.

Nigerian Actress

Charles Simic

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

Use 'sew' when referring to mending tears or wearing areas in fabric items.

Repairing Clothes

'Sew' often involves making new clothing from patterns and fabric pieces.

Creating Garments

The term can also apply to artistic projects involving fabrics.

Arts and Crafts

'Sew' conveys the idea of securely joining smaller items, like patches, to larger ones.

Attaching Items

Understand that sewing signifies a more permanent attachment than using glue or pins.

Permanent Fixation

Use 'sew' when modifying existing garments, like making them fit better.

Alterations

The word 'sew' implies making sure nothing gets in or out of a closed item.

Securing Contents

Sewing can add a personal touch to gifts, like a sewn shut homemade envelope.

Craft and Gift

'Sew' can be used in contexts where sealing is important for protection.

Protection Measure

 connections to the outside world these are the keys to urban success in the world today now the most entrepreneurial place I've ever been in the world is the Durov a slum in Mumbai you go in in one shop and there's some guys or recycling paper boxes that means cutting them open and turning them around so someone can see the labels and then there there are people sewing bras and you feel like

It’s time to embrace our...

 then they sew the patient back up. That performed just as a well. And yet surgeons who specialize in the procedure continue to do it by the millions. So if hyperspecialization isn't always the trick in a wicked world, what is? That can be difficult to talk about, because it doesn't always look like this path. Sometimes it looks like meandering or zigzagging

Why specializing early...

 doesn't jump-start an inanimate heart, but resynchronizes the muscle cells in an abnormally beating heart so they regain their normal rhythm. This can prevent a person from dying, but it won't raise a dead body, or a monster sewn together from dead bodies. So it would seem that all our various medical miracles

At what moment are you...

 and I wanted to give back. My mom taught me how to sew, and on my back porch, I would sit and make little headbands out of ribbon, and I would write down the names and the price of each item. I started making more items like hats, scarves and bags. Soon, my items began selling all over the world,

Maya Penn: Meet a young...

 they remove the exterior parts of a woman's genitalia. And sometimes, in more extreme cases but not very rare cases, they sew the orifice up so the girl can just urinate or menstruate. And then later, when she gets married, the same cutter goes in and opens the orifice up so she can have sex.

Jimmy Carter: Why I...

 and we know instantly what it would feel like if the sky were a fabric sewn shut. They can live in adjectives, too. "Still waters run deep," we say of someone quiet and thoughtful. And the deep matters as much as the stillness and the water do.

The art of the metaphor...

 A leather mask that clamps the mouth shut. A cannonball sewn into a soldier’s uniform. And a machine that delivers sudden electrical pulses. These old items were all intended treatments for a problem that has haunted humanity for

Why do some people snore...

 I've taught myself to sew, cook, fix plumbing, build furniture, I can even pat myself on the back when necessary, all so I don't have to ask anyone for anything. There's nothing I need from anyone except for love and respect,

LZ Granderson: The myth...

 cleaned with canteen water and used to sew up the wound after that the horse was stood up and we rode away and I said what's going to become of the horse and the station

The Life of a Photograph...

 but for a novice sewing is tiring world she's lost all momentum