Murphy's Law of Sewing (Quilting, too)

Murphy's Law of Sewing

Fusible interfacings always fuse to the iron.

If you need six matching buttons, you will find five in your button box.

The seam you meant to rip out is invariably the other one.

When you are in a hurry, the needle eye is always too small.

The fabric you forgot to pre-shrink will always shrink the most.

The pattern you wanted to make again will have one key piece missing.

If you drop something out of your sewing basket, it will be your box of pins with the cover off.

Whenever the construction process is going well, the bobbin thread runs out.

The scissors cut easiest past the buttonhole.

The magnitude of the goof is in direct proportion to the cost of the fabric.

Your lost needle will be found by the person walking around barefoot.

Collar points don't match and you've trimmed all the seams.

The iron never scorches the garment until its final pressing.

The steam iron only burps rusty water on light silk fabric.

The sewing machine light usually burns out on Sunday.

Pinking shears get dull just by looking at them.

Gathering threads always break in the middle.

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Marlys in Indiana
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Ruby

Oh how painfully true >g< . In message , Marlys in Indiana writes

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Pat S

We might as well contribute to the list. Here's mine - No matter that you have 372 spools of thread, when you need to replace a button on DH's best white shirt, you will need to stitch it with mint-flavored dental floss because there is not one inch of white thread within the entire neighborhood. Polly

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Polly Esther

Loved this! But, I think Murphys been at my house way too many times lately. lol Donna

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dealer83

I think Murphy lives here! But, not just in my sewing room.

Donna in SW Idaho

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Donna in Idaho

Some days I feel like maybe I was Murphy's accidental offspring. ;)

Sunny

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Sunny

Quite frequently I hate to admit.

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Cindy Schmidt

LOL!

I don't know whether it's Murphey's law, but does anyone else make the

*same* mistake again and again? And it's the most basic of sewing rules ever. Someday I am seriously going to put a sign up that says "Right Sides Together".

Sherry

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Sherry

Had me chuckling and relating to this one especially the steam of the iron burping rusty water on the shirt.

Kris

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Kris in Portland, Oregon

I love it! Thanks for making my day with this, Marlys!

-Irene

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IMS

Just found this Murphy's Law on another newsgroup:

Murphy's Ultimate Law is that if something that could go wrong doesn't, it turns out that it would have been better if it had gone wrong!

Donna in SW Idaho

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