TOI features Sarah’s Embroidery

"When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery."

Lynn Abbey | Computer Programmer and Author

"I’ve always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair the damage. It’s a claim to forgiveness. It is never aggressive, it’s not a pin."

Louise Bourgeois | French-American Artist

"The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spiderweb of the micrometer."

Maria Mitchell | Astronomer, 1878

"The best way to learn is to just start. It´s not about beauty, followers, or being good; it´s about doing, creating. Embroider whatever you like, use the colors that make you happy."

Sheena Liam | Embroidery Artist

"She was passionate about embroidery because it let her express her creativity. It was liberating. It allowed her to exist outside of time."

Laura Esquivel | Author and Politician

"Embroidering is such a lovely, Zen process and I credit it with helping me develop a keener and calmer focus."

Robin McCarthy | Embroidery Artist

"I am fascinated by the idea that a simple thread becomes a piece of art completely, and how many artists use it."

Charlotte Vannier | Artist and Designer

"I heard someone say that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven. I decided to sculpt camels in a needle."

Willard Wigan | British Sculptor

"I own and use embroidered and hand-worked pillowcases made by family hands I've never known. I often think of these women and wonder about their lives."

Mary Lee | Middle School Teacher and Author

"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 | French Novelist and Playwright

"My art is a reflective image of who I am, it communicates my emotions and ideas for the world to see and this makes me feel the happiest."

Nora Aboutaieb | Moroccan Embroidery Artist

"As far as we could tell, the face of the revolution was a sea of embroidering women, patiently waiting the resignation of their repressive governor."

Diana Denham | Author of Teaching Rebellion

"I sit for hours upon hours in solitude and stitch – and I LOVE it! Stitching is meditation to me, as I work sometimes I say a little mantra 'every stitch is a prayer for healing'."

Erin Endicott | Embroidery Artist

"Hand embroidery has many different names… my personal favorite is needle painting, literally painting with the needle."

Victoria Matthewson | Embroidery Artist

"I have a grandmother’s life… I spend most of my day embroidering, drinking some coffee or a cup of tea all while watching TV and fighting with my cat for the cotton… I also go to the cinema a lot."

Julie Sarloutte | Embroidery Artist