Sentence examples for the needlework from inspiring English sources

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the needlework

noun

The art or process of working with a needle especially in embroidery or needlepoint.

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The sale contained 198 lots from the collection of the needlework historian Betty Ring.

Her roving, debonair father found the textiles, and her mother and a staff of women did the needlework.

Among the Scandinavian regions, Norway is noted for the rose painting of Hallingdal and Telemark Fylke, the needlework of Hardanger, and the pictorial weaving of Gudbrandsdalen.

Part of the trick to wearing a formal sari is displaying the garment's palla, where much of the needlework is concentrated.

Repeat offenders were threatened with the needlework teacher, who it was rumoured would sew oddments of material to your skirt at random to make it "decent".

The needlework is done by some 250 women in the tri-state area; volunteers are also needed to gift wrap, buy wool and deliver blankets.

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William Morris, a mainstay of the Royal School of Needlework and the Arts and Crafts movement in England, protested late-19th-century industrial production.

It features these items in Found Muji, a catalogue that sells for $29.95 in Muji stores and features items from around the world that the company selects for their spartan aesthetic ("Made from one piece of pressed metal") or quality workmanship ("the good needlework on the soles").

A special stitch, the Quaker Stitch, was invented and accepted by the Royal School of Needlework to produce the lettering and other details.

The red lace Marchesa gown she wore to the opening ceremony was an itchy-looking monstrosity -- whoever did the lacework should perhaps have gone to the Royal School of Needlework which did the lacework on Kate Middleton's wedding gown.

She was endlessly nipping off for mystery "fittings" and appointments with specialists at the Royal School of Needlework, who handmade the metres of beautiful lace applique.

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