this morning I did as I wanted to finish a little project so I could
do some hand stitching on it this evening.
Because I was in a hurry, I sewed two rows together upside
down and had to unpick them. Thought to myself, "this is what
I get for sewing on Sunday." As I sat there with my sharp
little blue seam ripper plucking out stitches, into my head
popped a saying of my mother's. When we were little we
were not allowed to sew on Sunday. Mother always told us
that if we sewed on Sunday that "when we got to Heaven we
would have to unpick all our stitches with our nose."
Now how that was possible I do not know, but it stuck with
me and I always worried about having to unpick stitches
with my nose when I could hardly get them out with a seam
ripper, pin, or whatever.
Through the years mother became less rigid and we were
allowed to do handwork, but could not use the sewing
machine. To this day I can sit and do handwork, but using
my machine brings on the guilt.
If the saying holds true, I best get my nose "sharpened" before
I leave this mortal existence. Just wish I could chat with
mother for a short time and see if she is finding it difficult
to "unpick her stitches with her nose!"
Being careful what I sew....
Nola
Ahh--yes--my mother used to tell me the same thing and I often wondered how one would do that with ones nose!!!! I try not to use the sewing machine on "Sundays" too--but I sure do alot of hand work and knitting on Sundays!! So we won't be a lone when we get to heaven--I fear we will have alot of fellow stitchers there all undoing their Sunday stitches with their "noses"!!!!
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I can imagine trying to unpick with the nose.... It's probably a good idea to rest the machine (and your shoulders) for a day... and handwork is so soothing and restful I find...
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