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Sewing machine tattoo sketch

I got some new ink over the weekend (pics to come!) and I was reminded of this Flickr group of sewing-related tattoos that Sarai linked to several months back. I loved looking through this photo pool (check out the fabulous one above, courtesy of the lovely Kaylah from the Dainty Squid), and obviously I'm no stranger to tattoos myself. It got me thinking . . . would I get a sewing-themed tattoo? The two questions I get most often about my tattoos are: 1) Did they hurt? and 2) What do they…

1. You are either sewing, or planning out when you will sew next.

On a tattoo apprentice

I had this pair of brown pants, you see, and like most pants, they were a tad too short for my long legs. I could have sworn I had a before picture of the pants in question. However, it seems to have eluded me now. Let's just pretend they were these pants. Only a little shorter. And not quite so wide-legged. But other than that, they were exactly the same pants. Given that I turned the above-pictured pants into shorts, I had to do something else with these. I mean, brown shorts are rather…

Posts about sewing tattoos written by Sarah Adie

When I found a sewing related tattoo on Flickr images I thought I would try a search. I was amazed to see just how many craft enthusiasts ...