Murphy's Laws For Sewing

These were given to me by my Fashion Design teacher at Fairfax Academy for Communications and the Arts. Lots of fun, and very true:

• Invariably, the seam you wanted to take out is not the one that actually gets ripped out.
  
• The pattern you want to copy or alter will invariably be missing a key piece.
  
• The fabric you forget to pre-shrink will always shrink the most in the wash.
  
• Fusible interfacings will always fuse to the iron.
  
• The overlock machine only eats the last seam on the final garment.
  
• If you need six buttons in a pinch, there will never be more than five in your sewing box.
  
• Permanent stains will always occur in the most visible and obvious places.
  
• Fabric dye will always leaves streaks on the intended fabric, and stains on everything else.
  
• When pricked with a pin or needle, the amount of blood that ensues will be in direct proportion to the cost of the fabric.
  
• If you have to drop something out of your sewing box, it will inevitably be the box of pins without its top.
  
• The bobbin thread will only run out when things are running smoothly.
  
• Your lost needles and pins will only be found when walking barefoot.
  
• Since opposites attract, facings will usually be sewn to the wrong side, and darts will be sewn inside out.
  
• The collar points will always match until you've trimmed away all seam allowances.
  
• The iron never scorches a garment until its final press.
  
• The steam iron only burps rust onto light-colored fabrics.
  
• The light on your sewing machine will only burn out late at night.
  
• The threads in a gathering stitch will only break in the middle.
  
• The scissors cut easiest past their intended stopping point.
  

Hope you seamstresses and seamters out there enjoyed this. Nostalgically Yours