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Today, no article on free patterns, but a cultural sharing on proverbs, adages, quotes, song lyrics , etc. relating to needlework in general and the world of embroidery in particular.

With for each text its author, its date if known, and a source to find out more.

(Last updated 02/15/2021)

Thought "Happiness is not a big diamond, it is a mosaic of small stones harmoniously arranged."

Author: Alphonse Karr.

Beautiful words from unknown authors...

Let us cross the thread, embroider with happiness, so that beyond time, the words remain.

Thought "Life is like an embroidered cloth"

Author: Arthur Schopenhauer.
Click here for full quote . Other source .

We can also, from the point of view which concerns us, compare life to an embroidered fabric of which each person would see, in the first half of his existence, only the front side, and, in the second, only the back side; this last side is less beautiful, but more instructive, because it allows one to recognize the sequence of threads.

Song "Pull...pull...pull...the needle, my girl"

Lyrics: Eddy Marnay , 1952. Covered by Patachou, Line Renaud, Dalida, Céline Dion (?)...
1st verse. Click here to read the full lyrics .

Pull...pull...pull...the needle, my daughter
Tomorrow, tomorrow you're getting married my friend
Pull...pull...pull...the needle, my daughter
Your dress must be finished
Flowers are born under your fingers
Made of diamond glitter
The orange tree tiara, lucky charm
Is in your mother's hands

Other resources

Many other texts compiled on the blog "Les Passe-temps de Flo" .