A Stitch in Time

"A Stitch in Time" is a song from the Songs for a Sailor volume of the Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project. It was first released with "Astral Planes" on a limited edition 7" record, sold on Record Store Day exclusively at Amoeba Vinyl in Los Angeles and limited to 250 copies. The MP3 was released on March 2, 2010, and physical copies of the Songs for a Sailor volume as a whole was released on May 25, 2010.

Songwriter Billy Corgan has acknowledged a Donovan influence on the song. The song was first performed live by his side project, Spirits in the Sky.

An instrumental version of the song featuring only synthesizer parts was used as the band's intro music for about six weeks in 2010, the first use coming on September 1st and the last on October 17th, after "The Fellowship" steadily became the common opening song of the set.