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When you are in a hurry, the needle eye is always too small.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about contentment

The fabric you forgot to pre-shrink will always shrink the most.

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The pattern you wanted to make again will have one key piece missing.

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If you drop something out of your sewing basket, it will be your box of pins, with the cover off.

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Whenever the construction process is going well, the bobbin thread runs out.

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The magnitude of the goof is in direct proportion to the cost of the fabric.

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Your lost needle will be found by your son, husband or brother-in-law, while walking around barefoot.

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Facings tend to be sewn to the wrong side.

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Collar points don't match, and you've trimmed all the seams.

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The iron never scorches the garment until its final pressing.

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The steam iron only burps rusty water on light silk fabric.

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The sewing machine light usually burns out on Sunday.

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Pinking shears get dull just by looking at them.

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Gathering threads always break in the middle.

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The scissors cut easiest past the buttonhole.

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Matching edges don't.

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You will spill your pin box once per garment.

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As yee sew, so shall ye rip.

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You check the paper and find that you have all six numbers, but then you find the newspaper misprinted two of the numbers.

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The Jackpot gets to $40,000,000 and the numbers match all the numbers on your lotto slip, but you forgot to buy your ticket.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about numbers, lotto, commerce, contentment