Delicate Quote by Maria Mitchell

An artist must have his measuring tools not in the hand, but in the eye.

— Michelangelo

I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials.

— Emil Ferris

“you got to figure out which end of the needle you’re gon be, the one that’s fastened to the thread or the end that…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that -…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

“Embroidery is an improbable hobby for someone as disordered as me, but it's the very precision of it that attracts me, the illusion of…

— Jane Johnson

Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.

— Anonymous

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

Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners.

— Lauren Willig

“She used to say, you got to figure out which end of the needle you’re gon be, the one that’s fastened to the thread…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“A needle is such a small brittle thing. It is easily broken. It can hold but one fragile thread. But if the needle is…

— Kathleen Kent

Everybody is grappling with their own moral compass, and that needle, like any needle, can't just stick. It's always floating a little bit, and…

— Rhea Seehorn

The pattern's laid out on the bed With dozens of colors of thread But you've got the needle I guess that's the point in…

— Amanda Palmer