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14 Someecards for People Who Sew – Sewing Humor

February 5, 2015 by Melissa Mora 51 Comments

Laugh til you cry at this round up of the funniest sewing ecards  - Melly Sews

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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Comments

  1. Autumn says

    February 5, 2015 at 7:38 am

    These were hilarious! I shared a few with my husband. 😉 Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Diane says

    February 5, 2015 at 8:58 am

    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.

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  3. Danielle D. says

    February 5, 2015 at 9:51 am

    Rolling on the floor! Love these…

    Reply
  4. Melissa says

    February 5, 2015 at 10:34 am

    Thanks for the laughs – spot on!

    Reply
  5. Primrose Bohne says

    February 5, 2015 at 1:18 pm

    Love them!! And so ‘spot on’ as someone said 🙂

    Reply
  6. Iris says

    February 5, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    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?

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    • Brenda says

      March 4, 2017 at 5:35 am

      Agreed!

      Reply
    • Susan Ramsay says

      July 26, 2018 at 9:10 pm

      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?”

      Reply
  7. Michele says

    February 5, 2015 at 8:35 pm

    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. 🙂

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  8. waisttrainer says

    February 6, 2015 at 1:24 am

    New dress three hours before the event)))

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    • Miriam says

      October 26, 2015 at 8:10 am

      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.

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      • Katie WONG says

        July 2, 2016 at 1:57 pm

        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.

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  9. Michelle says

    February 6, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    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.)

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  10. June says

    February 8, 2015 at 6:20 pm

    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”

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    • Brenda says

      March 4, 2017 at 5:38 am

      Machine really needs a backup beeping sound when the bobbin gets low!

      Reply
      • Patricia L. Tumlinson says

        July 11, 2018 at 3:36 pm

        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!

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      • Carol-Ann says

        March 1, 2019 at 6:47 pm

        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.

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    • OrahLee Hoose says

      December 14, 2018 at 1:05 pm

      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!!

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  11. Karen says

    February 8, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    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!

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    • Alice richardson says

      January 6, 2017 at 10:41 pm

      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

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  12. Emilia says

    February 9, 2015 at 2:13 am

    hilarious!! and true and relatable, and been there on so many levels!!

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  13. pam says

    April 23, 2015 at 9:17 pm

    Seriously these are all about me.. LoL

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  14. Cindy Bartel says

    April 23, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    Hopefully non-sewers may understand that we are like most sewers!

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  15. Suzanne says

    April 24, 2015 at 6:54 am

    Oh, so me!

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  16. Michelle says

    July 9, 2015 at 1:07 pm

    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.

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    • Miriam says

      October 26, 2015 at 8:15 am

      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.

      Reply
  17. Sheri Williams says

    September 5, 2015 at 10:59 pm

    I look at my fabrics and wonder why I bought 7.35 yards and not remember the project I bought it for.

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    • Joyce Thomson says

      February 18, 2016 at 11:23 am

      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 … 🙂

      Reply
    • Esther Edgar says

      February 11, 2018 at 2:59 pm

      I did exactly that two years ago. Now I am searching my patchwork patterns to fine a suitable project.

      Reply
  18. Susie says

    September 16, 2015 at 11:09 pm

    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

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  19. Miriam says

    October 26, 2015 at 8:22 am

    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

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  20. Donna says

    December 11, 2015 at 6:23 pm

    Yay! I’m not the only one! 🙂

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  21. Christine says

    December 15, 2015 at 3:44 pm

    Ooohhhh….they’re all true!!!

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  22. Marge Rintoul says

    December 19, 2015 at 8:37 pm

    Too funny! Yay, I’m not the only one!

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  23. liz n says

    January 2, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    Omg, the last one is the story of my husband’s life!

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  24. Jodi K. Baker says

    January 4, 2016 at 1:44 am

    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.

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  25. Linda Bleese says

    January 8, 2016 at 11:18 am

    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.

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  26. Nancy DeHaven says

    January 11, 2016 at 6:51 pm

    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!

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  27. Melissa Wimberly says

    January 25, 2016 at 7:44 am

    Love all of these!!

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  28. k8 says

    January 31, 2016 at 10:00 am

    I pay cash for some of my craft supplies and fabric, that way my husband doesn’t know how much I really spend.

    Reply
  29. Samina says

    January 31, 2016 at 1:43 pm

    Love all the cards…kind of been there.

    Reply
  30. Barbara says

    February 10, 2016 at 3:10 pm

    I’ve heard that when you buy fabric and stored it for a year or more-the projects you make with it are free!

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  31. Lizzy says

    February 25, 2016 at 3:15 am

    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?

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  32. Mary says

    March 2, 2016 at 3:51 pm

    Someone is writing my bio

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  33. Anthony says

    March 30, 2016 at 6:39 am

    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!

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  34. Cheryl says

    August 15, 2016 at 2:26 am

    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.

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    • Margaret says

      January 4, 2017 at 2:40 pm

      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.

      Reply
  35. Sarah Schmidt says

    April 19, 2017 at 6:13 pm

    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

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  36. Debi Fraser says

    May 1, 2017 at 1:38 am

    Wow….someone just crept into my life…..these are ALL about my life! And like these? I just laugh at them!

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  37. Linda Klein says

    June 4, 2017 at 7:47 am

    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.

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  38. Renae says

    December 17, 2017 at 3:12 pm

    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.

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