Sewing
To dream of sewing a rip represents your wish to amend a problem situation or relationship with a compromise. Sewing different fabrics together may reflect a compromise of ideas. Careful efforts to restore a situation or relationship to working order.
Sewing ripped clothes may reflect a mature or humble decision. Alternatively, sewing ripped clothes may represent personal growth, changing yourself, or making sure you never repeat a mistake ever again. Reversing personality changes that caused problems. Feeling that you've embarrassed yourself behaving like a jerk.
To dream of sewing an entire piece of clothing together may represent a new self-image you are working on. A lot of hard work to transform who you are. Working hard to improve your attitude.
To dream of a sewing machine represents feelings about being able to fix or restore a situation whenever you want. Negatively, it may reflect your confidence in fixing or restoring some area of your life that you never take seriously.
Negatively, sewing in a dream may reflect the restoration of amending of an area of your life that you don't want fixed. Restoring bad relationships. Restoring your ability to return to old bad habits.
Example: A young girl dreamed of being chased by a terrible bird with a sewing machine beak. In waking life her parents were trying to fix clothing she didn't like so she could go back to wearing it.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of another woman stealing her sewing machine. In waking life she discovered that a man she had been flirting with for 17 years was getting married. The stolen sewing machine most likely reflected her feelings about the other women robbing her of her ability to easy fix her desired relationship with the man whenever she wanted when she wasn't really seriously considering do so. She felt stupid for believing she could "amend" the unactualized relationship at anytime.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of sewing the back of a dress. In waking life she was concerned about having to amend or fix her behavior around a man she began dating to make him like her. She felt she was swearing too much around him and needing to stop that to prevent him from losing interest in her. The sewing in this case may have reflected her feelings about needing permanently fix her personality for the man she wanted to date.
