Sewing- Who Knew It Could Be So Funny?!

I had to post these because these jokes are so bad. They are not even remotely funny and really they have nothing to do with media either. But anyway I should lighten the mood after that masochistic sewing thing.


1. What do you call two needles?

2. What is a surge protector?

3. When is a fabric stash a collection?

4. A stitch in time saves how much?

5. What does a sewer say when she pokes herself with a needle?

6. When is a bad time to sew?

7. What is a seam ripper?

8. When is a mistake a designer touch?

9. How many sewers does it take to change a light bulb?

10. What does a sewer say on her deathbed?

Feel free to add some of your sewing-related jokes in the comments....

The answers: 1. Twin Needles. 2. A box that protects a serger. 3. When it gets out of control. 4. A stitch saves in time doesn't save any time. 5. "Ouch!" 6. Never. 7. Jack's cousin. 8. Mistakes are always designer's touches. 9. Only one because if a sewer can fix a sewing machine late at night she can change a lightbulb by herself. 10. "Just one more row before I go!"

anyway if anyone has any interest- the link to the blog that I credit these jokes to is below.
T.http://thelazymilliner.blogspot.com/2008/04/10-jokes-to-keep-you-in-stitches.html

Sewing as a Fetish

I guess sewing different parts of your body including your lips shut is a fetish. I never knew that. How does that really fit into Sewing as Media? I think that it does, even though I haven't really come up with the answer of what message that is sending. The bolivian women had a striaght forward reason, but the sewing body parts thing is really different and masochistic so that is probably why I don't really understand it. It is too far removed from what I do. I think it can look kind of cool on art posters but the actual pictures of what it really looks like I don't know. I found all of these crazy sights about how people felt like it was this deep kind of meditation not to be able to speak for 7 hours until they cut the threads off. I kind of get that because I think sewing is a kind of a meditative thing, as is not speaking. A friend of a friend went and took a vow of silence for the summer and lived with a bunch of monks and I guess the experience was really peaceful. The idea of pain making you feel alive and expressing it through sewing does send a message. Especially, if you run around all night all sewn up for everyone to see. Anyway, I am sure if anyone ever reads this that does actually sew themselves, they will probably think I have it all wrong but that's o.k. This person published a story all about sewing themselves. It's not super graphic. http://www.bme.com/ritual/A70202/ritaneed.html
Some Pictures of what that looks like
http://images.google.com/images?q=lips+sewn+shut&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&rlz=1I7ADFA_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=hn7FSr_5OsXR8Abmt51G&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1

Sewing= Passion?????????

What you sew indicates what you love, and tells the world where your passions are. Think of all of the times throughout the history of the world there was a woman sitting and just sewing buttons on shirts. Sure, it was done for utilitarian reasons but it was also done as a gift for their families. It was something you did because you care. You don't want your little kid running around without buttons.

In many ways, even if we don't sew ourselves, our passionate convictions are still expressed through sewing, our clothes become the message. Our clothes show how serious we are about our jobs, what we care about, and many times where our political affiliations lie. From the Nixon dress to the T-shirt from Peta, the clothes send a very direct message.

Prostitues in Bolivia Sew Lips Shut

2007-Bolivian Prostitutes have sewn their lips shut to protest the government closing the brothels. The brothels were closed due to political pressure from citizens though, prostitution was not illegal in Bolivia. Unfortunately, without work these women and their families may starve.