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For a chance to win this fun and creative book, please answer the following question in the comments section below: Tell us your best sewing joke, it’ll be sew jokes.
The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 14, 2012 at 11:59 PM (EST). One lucky winner will be chosen.
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Dec 22, 2012, 10.33 PMby helle04
Q: When is a fabric stash a collection?
A: When is gets out of control!
Dec 18, 2012, 11.16 PMby taysha1128
knock knock? who’s there? sew. sew who? you’re sooo funny
Dec 17, 2012, 07.04 AMby Jazmijntje
Its a language thing but sewing has two meanings in Dutch “naaien”. So telling poeple I am off to sewing classes, or i have my sewing room makes them laugh and ask questions. Weird world…
Dec 16, 2012, 10.15 PMby bttn
So, are you sewing, aren’t you? That’s great, this way you can save a lot of money! – once I was told and I had to lough about it, thinking of my growing fabric stash.
Dec 16, 2012, 05.30 AMby Anarkalisewing
Why didn’t the poor sewing machine like the pattern ? Because it didn’t give enough seam “allowance”
Dec 15, 2012, 08.00 PMby lydianna
I got a sewing machine for my husband. Good trade, huh?
Dec 15, 2012, 01.50 PMby joen
She who finishes with the most fabric wins.
Dec 14, 2012, 10.19 PMby GreenLover
“I will not buy more fabric until I use all the one’s I have.” (Never possible.)
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Dec 17, 2012, 02.42 AMby cvillecraftgirl
It’s comforting to know someone else says the exact same thing I tell myself every day!
Dec 14, 2012, 10.14 PMby awil
The joke is on me! My husband often asks me why I sew…as I am swearing and ripping pieces apart. Yes, dear, I am doing this because it is fun—and, yes, the pattern does say “throw the ‘entire stupid thing’ across the room.”
Dec 14, 2012, 10.08 PMby saxysarah
Having worked in a fabric store I always heard: “She who dies with the most fabric wins.”
Dec 14, 2012, 05.00 PMby isidore
“Could you hem these pants for me?”
Sorry, I always laugh when people tell me that one.
Dec 14, 2012, 04.33 PMby aega
What is the difference between a sewing machine and a woman jogging? A sewing machine only has one bobbin.
Dec 14, 2012, 04.29 PMby thejam
What is a surge protector?A box that protects a serger.
Dec 14, 2012, 03.18 PMby mixtlii
What is a seam ripper? Jack’s cousin!
Dec 14, 2012, 10.20 AMby catarina
This is not mine but i like it. “What do you find in an angry sewing machine? Cross stitches.”