Quotes About Textiles

Sassafras had never wanted to weave, she just couldn't help it. There was something about the feel of raw fleece and finished threads and dainty patterned pieces that was as essential to her as dancing to Carmen De Lavallade, or singing to Aretha Franklin. Her mama had done it, and her mama before that; and making cloth was the only tradition Sassafras inherited that gave her a sense of womanhood that was rich and sensuous, not tired and stingy.

It's only fabric! Freestyle fabric cutting and sewing is a low-risk endeavor with a strong payoff of personal growth and empower- ment.

It was discouraging how quickly the beginnings of a sweater turned into a loose pile of yarn.

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.

They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,

They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.

as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,

any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather—

If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.

She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.

The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.