Who doesn’t love those illustrated ecards that float around the internet? I’ve seen so many funny sewing ecards, but often when I want to find them again, I can’t. So I went to the Someecards site and below I’ve compiled for you the best selection of sewing humor I found there.
You can click on any of the images below to go to the image page and share from there.
Because this has happened to all of us…
And who hasn’t heard “Oh, I bet you would love to…” when someone learns that you sew?
One time I caught a student using fabric scissors on FLORAL WIRE!!!!
This one should be obvious – sew first, sew forever!
I’ve done this exact thing on more than one occasion…
Which then leads to this…
For sewists, this is usually a better treat than chocolate…
Unless it makes you realize this.
But who can resist the siren call of a fabric sale?
Though some significant others don’t understand fabric hoarding…
And some fabric store employees don’t make it easier.
And then we have to make promises like this:
And keep these secrets:
But we always get found out when this happens.
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Autumn says
These were hilarious! I shared a few with my husband. 😉 Thanks for sharing.
Diane says
O.K. So why am I feeling so guilty right now? Because I identify with so many of these! Loving it! Thanks for the laughs.
Danielle D. says
Rolling on the floor! Love these…
Melissa says
Thanks for the laughs – spot on!
Primrose Bohne says
Love them!! And so ‘spot on’ as someone said 🙂
Iris says
I laughed so hard. I am one of those who thinks no material shall be sown to until it is properly aged in a dark drawer. Agreed?
Brenda says
Agreed!
Susan Ramsay says
Just like no food is thrown away until it has mold on it in the refrigerator. Or “Honey what day did we eat at Chili’s?”
Michele says
Yep, I was in the garage pounding a snap on my just finished jeans New Year’s morning before going to friends’ house to celebrate! Too many are true. 🙂
waisttrainer says
New dress three hours before the event)))
Miriam says
For me it was a ball gown the night before and day of !!!! I sat through my lunch break sewing the hem along with a colleague. It also continued on the bus ride home. It was in the 80s which meant it was a “merangue” I was sitting in my robe post shower and wet hair still in a towel whilst stitching in the lining !!!!! We made it on time and my colleague kept grinning at me as she knew what I had achieved in a small amount of time. Oh yes fabric addict and hoarder.
Katie WONG says
Well, that sounds familiar. I have learned how to make outfits with minimal machine work. Jackets are a key component, covers a lot of sins.
Michelle says
I hate hearing from people who always have to do you one better. That said, I really did catch a student cutting the heads off pins with the Gingher shears. (I could tell you that it was a 12 year old boy, but that would be sexist…LOL.)
June says
I can identify with so many of these…LOL, I thought I was only the guilty one.
I like the “out of bobbin thread”. IT had happen to me and I cried,” Oh
No, all my time wasted”
Brenda says
Machine really needs a backup beeping sound when the bobbin gets low!
Patricia L. Tumlinson says
Mine does & I am so glad! I’ve never meant to sew past an empty bobbin but have on a few occasions & learned to pay closer attention to it! My new to me Viking has the warning beep on it now. Lol! Love it!
Carol-Ann says
I so agree with you! Im a beginner at quilting and sewing and only at the age of 61 have I realised why my mother would yell from the other room… Bobbin! Noooo! I actually called out YESSSS! I MADE IT! the other day when my bobbin gave out just as I finished my seam. Its like a contest now to see how well I can time it.
OrahLee Hoose says
I can usually tell that I HAVE BEEN sewing without bobbin because the machine sews perfectly and the stitching seems to be so nice and straight!! Ha!!
Karen says
I always cringe a little when people learn that I sew. For, in that split second, all of my time to sew becomes my time to sew for them FOR FREE!!!!!!
And please don’t make me do a fabric intervention! I love my hoards of fabric. It magically transforms into a work of art!
Alice richardson says
When someone loans that I saw and before they get a chance to say a word about sewing for them the first words out of my mouth is I do not so for the public I so for my own enjoyment that’s stopped them dead in their tracks
Emilia says
hilarious!! and true and relatable, and been there on so many levels!!
pam says
Seriously these are all about me.. LoL
Cindy Bartel says
Hopefully non-sewers may understand that we are like most sewers!
Suzanne says
Oh, so me!
Michelle says
When people ask me to hem pants for them or whip up a quilt, I jokingly tell them that I hem pants in exchange for cleaning my house. That changes their attitude. Work is work if it’s not my creative outlet. Sorry not sorry.
Miriam says
Fantastic why couldn’t I have come up with something like that ! Ohh sewing for cakes would be good too. Cant cook but boy do I love my sewing.
Sheri Williams says
I look at my fabrics and wonder why I bought 7.35 yards and not remember the project I bought it for.
Joyce Thomson says
If you’re like me, it was for that “4-yard” project, but it seemed a shame to leave the last 3.35 yards on the bolt … 🙂
Esther Edgar says
I did exactly that two years ago. Now I am searching my patchwork patterns to fine a suitable project.
Susie says
Good exchange; housekeeping for sewing. Probably won’t ever have anyone take me up on that answer but I will try. My fabric stash is for all the projects I will have time for once I retire but then I won’t need those business clothes
Miriam says
I only just gave away my older sewing machines to a charity shop but I too still have the back up machine for the back up to the main machine also the 3 thread overlocker to backup the main 4 thread stand on your head do everything overlocker ? And yes I talk to them and my wonderful late Aunt Harriet who gave me my first sewing machine at the age of 10
Donna says
Yay! I’m not the only one! 🙂
Christine says
Ooohhhh….they’re all true!!!
Marge Rintoul says
Too funny! Yay, I’m not the only one!
liz n says
Omg, the last one is the story of my husband’s life!
Jodi K. Baker says
It’s nice to know I’m not the only one out there that these apply to. I hate to say it, but there are time that I hide the fact that I sew from people that I don’t know very well. Because once they do find out. I also hear the hemming, altering and replacing button requests. I had one co-worker ask me if I could make a duvet cover, pillow shams and matching curting for her. She didn’t want to take it to a professional tailor because it was too expensive!!!!. I hemmed and hawed (no pun intended) until she finally stopped asking.
Linda Bleese says
I’ll never forget the ride to my high school graduation – my aunt hemming my graduation dress from one direction and me from the other, while I was wearing it! We finished in time and I have graduation pictures in my beautiful dress.
Nancy DeHaven says
All so true. I collect old trunks and use them as coffee table and seats because they hide fabric and yarn stashes.
I had pulled the final basting threads out of my Prom dress on the way to pictures!
Melissa Wimberly says
Love all of these!!
k8 says
I pay cash for some of my craft supplies and fabric, that way my husband doesn’t know how much I really spend.
Samina says
Love all the cards…kind of been there.
Barbara says
I’ve heard that when you buy fabric and stored it for a year or more-the projects you make with it are free!
Lizzy says
I love furoshuki! That’s the square fabric Japanese use for gift giving – beautiful fabric, so eco-friendly. My gifts with them as wrapping are ooh-ed and awhh-ed over. Each furoshuki is either returned to me by family or I encourage others to use for wrapping to give their gifts away. ….anyway, I really LOVE the double sided cloths, because when knots are tied at the top, the reverse side can be turned out to show the contrasting colors, — but they are extremely expensive to buy on line – upwards of $15, usually more like $50….. But wait, I could make my own double-sided furoshuki, couldn’t I? Now I have my stash of outstanding one-yards of silks, poly, even flannels. I keep seeing one more, than one more lovely fabric pattern. Hours have been spent matching the bright golds to the printed blacks or olives, the peach flowered patterns with the soft moss solid. I had them all wrapped up in a huge furoshuki and tucked under my bed.. but every once in awhile I have to pull them out to unwrap just to see and feel the textures. Have I made my homemade furoshuki? or gifts of bundles of these eco-friendly wrapping? Of course, not. But what a delight to find one more yard of remnant to add to my stash !! Yes, tomorrow, I will begin to sew…..They will be beautiful….but should I use the purple silk with a gold brocade backing? or the bright red print with an orange? And I could do a little embroidery on the corners, couldn’t I? I’ll have to get more floss… and new needles and a new leather thimble, right?
Mary says
Someone is writing my bio
Anthony says
Lol! Love these! Wish there were some scripted also for the men who sew such as myself! Maybe I should script and create some of my own! I will get to that project once I complete the project of finding storage spaces for my current fabric after I return from the fabric store. Oh did I mention there was a sale? Lol!
Cheryl says
I read these, laughed until I almost couldn’t hold my water, and then started wondering if someone has been spying on me. Just in case someone is spying on me could you please come in and help me refold my stash. I keep it in a dark place, and I could swear that it unfolds when I’m not looking. Thanks so much for the laughs. I found them when I needed them. I sure do appreciate your droll sense of humor.
Margaret says
After each card, my laughter got even more out of control. These are about me. But my guilt has lightened knowing that I’m not the only fabric hoarder (or lover) out here. I simply love sewing and creating projects, and I
enjoy a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment after each is finished. Is there anyone else who keeps reorganizing their stash; or finds that the stash spreads to different rooms in the house. It’s nice to have company.
Sarah Schmidt says
A friend gave me a framed certificate that states the I am a “Certified Fabric Collector” which means I do not have to actually SEW any of it
Debi Fraser says
Wow….someone just crept into my life…..these are ALL about my life! And like these? I just laugh at them!
Linda Klein says
3 sewing machines, 2 sergers and they all have names. Fabric everywhere. sewing Room 15 x 25. Life is good!!!!!!!!!!
TV with a movie on.
Renae says
I actually AM a hoarder who finally managed to stop earlier this year. I had to send the hoarding one to my organizer who is still a little befuddled that I still have enough fabric to sew for years. It’s just impossible to explain. However, I now stay clear of fabric stores. I do spend a lot of time on fabric.com just dreaming. And now I can get to my favorite fabric. My hoard contained my inherited stashes from my mom, grandma and great aunt going back to the 30’s. Now I have set them free to go in someone else’s stash to hopefully become gorgeous quilts. I don’t quilt, by the way.