Needlework and Sampler Quotations: Part III

21. My hand delights to trace unusual things,
And deviates from the known and common way,
Nor will in fading silks compose,
faintly the inimitable rose.
~~ Virginia Woolf. A Room of One's Own ~~

22. Embroidery has continually played an integral part
in the history of man and woman.
It not only signified certain status and wealth through
the ages but it has also given countless hours of satisfaction
to those who could create something of beauty with a
needle and thread.
~~ Margaret Pierce ~~

23. An invisible red thread
connects those who are
destined to meet
regardless of time,
place or circumstance.
The thread may
stretch or tangle
but it will never break.
~~ Chinese Proverb ~~

24. The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes
of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spider
web of the micrometer.
~~ Maria Mitchell ~~

25. “Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.”
~~ Voltaire ~~

26. “And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen,
and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen,
and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.”
~~ Exodus 28:39 ~~

27. From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework,
any other woman can surmise her thoughts.
~ Honore de Balzac ~

28. Has the pen or pencil dipped so deep in the blood
of the Human Race as the Needle?
~~ Olive Schreiner, From Man to Man ~~

29. Young Ladyes fair,
when youthful minds incline
to all that's curious, innocent, and fine
With admiration,
let your worke be made,
the various textures and the twining thread,
then let your fingers with unrivaled skill
Exalt the Needle,
Grace the noble Quill
-- From an 18th Century Sampler, (Boston?) –-

30. Hem your blessings with thankfulness
so they don't unravel.
~ Author Unknown ~