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I never realized how many there were until I started sewing (Moderated by Deepika, EleanorSews)
Posted on: 2/28/14 1:33 AM ET
We use sewing idioms all the time... Here are a few of my faves:
"A stitch in time saves nine"
"zip your lips"
"all sewed up"
"you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"
Anyone want to add to this list? What are your favorite sewing idioms?
(Also, was wondering about the expression "on the cutting room floor"? Is this from filmmaking or sewing?)
"A stitch in time saves nine"
"zip your lips"
"all sewed up"
"you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"
Anyone want to add to this list? What are your favorite sewing idioms?
(Also, was wondering about the expression "on the cutting room floor"? Is this from filmmaking or sewing?)
Posted on: 2/28/14 3:29 AM ET
"Hanging on by a thread" is the only one I can think of at the moment, which I actually use at times.
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Posted on: 2/28/14 3:40 AM ET
In reply to Chopinzee
What about: needling/being needled.
Posted on: 2/28/14 7:42 AM ET
yes, "on the cutting room floor" is about film editing.
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"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin
"Attitude is the difference between an adventure and an ordeal." unknown
“Be curious, not judgmental.” Ted Lasso
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin
"Attitude is the difference between an adventure and an ordeal." unknown
“Be curious, not judgmental.” Ted Lasso
Posted on: 2/28/14 11:15 AM ET
She had me in stitches.
They patched up their relationship.
Sitting on pins and needles.
She fell apart at the seams.
My stomach was in knots.
I didn't have a stitch on.
They pinned the crime on her.
Mending fences.
A pattern of behavior.
Ripped to shreds.
Cold feet.
A biased opinion.
He eased right into it.
The gathering will be held at her house.
On the fringes.
We tacked it.
She needs her wings clipped.
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They patched up their relationship.
Sitting on pins and needles.
She fell apart at the seams.
My stomach was in knots.
I didn't have a stitch on.

They pinned the crime on her.
Mending fences.
A pattern of behavior.
Ripped to shreds.
Cold feet.
A biased opinion.
He eased right into it.
The gathering will be held at her house.
On the fringes.
We tacked it.
She needs her wings clipped.
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Posted on: 2/28/14 11:35 AM ET
Basting (fabric or the turkey)
Knit Picker (persnickety person or a whole lotta serger/CS thread to remove)
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Knit Picker (persnickety person or a whole lotta serger/CS thread to remove)
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OLD CHINESE PROVERB: I HEAR & I FORGET; I SEE & I REMEMBER; I DO & I UNDERSTAND.
Posted on: 2/28/14 11:48 AM ET
By the seat of my pants
Going through the eye of the needle
Feeling frayed at the seams
Button your lip
Buttonholing "someone"
You're losing altitude (when the fly is down)
Dressing "someone" down
Hmmm, these come form the more sad
side of sewing.
And some happier ones-
Zipping along
Dressed to the nines
Every cloud has a silver lining
Love this thread, thanks for starting it. Looking forward to more.
Just remembered-
The whole 9 yards!
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Going through the eye of the needle
Feeling frayed at the seams
Button your lip
Buttonholing "someone"
You're losing altitude (when the fly is down)
Dressing "someone" down
Hmmm, these come form the more sad
side of sewing.
And some happier ones-
Zipping along
Dressed to the nines
Every cloud has a silver lining
Love this thread, thanks for starting it. Looking forward to more.
Just remembered-
The whole 9 yards!
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Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. Andy Rooney
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Pfonzie- my honey Pfaff Creative Performance and Pfaff Passport, Bernina 930 and 830, Evolution and Enlighten sergers
Posted on: 2/28/14 1:09 PM ET
"Your work is cut out for you."
I think that might have originated in industrial clothing production, when your "work" as a stitcher would be to sew parts together that had been cut by a separate cutting department or person.
This is conjecture on my part.
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I think that might have originated in industrial clothing production, when your "work" as a stitcher would be to sew parts together that had been cut by a separate cutting department or person.
This is conjecture on my part.
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A sewing machine is just a welder for textiles.
Posted on: 2/28/14 4:48 PM ET
Some good ones.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Zip your lip.
I was in stitches. (laughing)
Needle in a haystack.
Debbie
A stitch in time saves nine.
Zip your lip.
I was in stitches. (laughing)
Needle in a haystack.
Debbie
Posted on: 2/28/14 9:17 PM ET
In reply to wendyrb
Wendy - I think "the whole nine yards" refers to the amount of concrete in a full cement mixer truck. But for our purposes in this scientific setting, we can fudge it to be about fabric. 
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