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Sewing

Joining cloth with needle and thread — small, patient stitching that holds large pieces together.

Sewing in a dream is the dream's image of small, patient stitching that holds larger pieces together. Sewing is rarely dramatic; it is one stitch after another, and the strength is in the repetition. The dream brings the action when something in your life — a torn relationship, a damaged routine, a project that split — is being put back together with attentive, non-glamorous work. Sewing that is producing an even seam is the dream telling you the repair is sound. Sewing that is pulling threads loose is the dream noting that the materials are too damaged for the stitch, and the join will not hold under any real strain.

Related symbols

Apologising

Naming a fault you committed and taking responsibility for it — the action of putting yourself, in language, under the harm you did.

Baptising

Marking a beginning through immersion in water — a ritual that names a person into a new identity.

Bargaining

Negotiating an exchange of value — the act of trying to alter the price of something that has been set.

Being chased

Running with a pursuer behind you — energy spent on distance from something you have not turned to face.

Being chased

Avoidance — something you have been refusing to turn around and look at.

Being naked

Exposure — the fear of being seen unprepared.

Disclaimer: For entertainment and self-reflection only. Not a substitute for professional advice.