Be embroiderer, be cook,/Be a quarreller with servants. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Miss Chrissy was the embroiderer and needle-work artist. From Wordnik.com. [Idle Hour Stories] Reference
And then, the embroiderer chose to complete the picture. From Wordnik.com. [You're a classy woman, Hayley Jo!] Reference
Grandville, which the embroiderer had so faithfully rendered. From Wordnik.com. [Comical People] Reference
By the way, Mary Queen of Scots really was an avid embroiderer. From Wordnik.com. [Free Fiction February: "Antickes and Frets" by Susanna Clarke] Reference
Nicolas Waquier was armourer and embroiderer to King John in 1352. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Some, like shawl embroiderer Fancy Jan, 25, were caught in crossfire. From Wordnik.com. [In Kashmir, stone throwers face off with Indian security forces] Reference
It is likely that the same embroiderer executed the pieces of all these. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
This might be the only modern person who could need even one embroiderer. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Treatment - A Dress A Day] Reference
Grace was a marvelous embroiderer, another similarity between her and Kate. From Wordnik.com. [My Seduction] Reference
In between the wars and after her bus driving stint, Kain worked as an embroiderer. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Information for Naomi Kain] Reference
Berta is a talented embroiderer; this was her job at the textiles factory, after all. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady Matador’s Hotel] Reference
Do not forget, however, that our young friend Grant may not be the only fanciful embroiderer. From Wordnik.com. [My Bones Will Keep]
She's an absolutely excellent counted thread embroiderer who has serious interest in quilting. From Wordnik.com. [Fish out of water] Reference
It was donated by Henry VII, having been embroidered in 1498 by Robynett his court embroiderer. From Wordnik.com. [15th Century Chasuble In Use] Reference
The embroiderer bent over her frame with renewed diligence, and shut her lips together in a determined way. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
Stichguide If you're a quilter, embroiderer, tatter, knitter, etc. you may find these stitches and patterns useful. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the News] Reference
The stockings vary in size and are the design of the individual needlepointer/embroiderer featuring images from the poem. From Wordnik.com. [White House Christmas Theme Information] Reference
An embroiderer named Delobel made a set of furnishings for the bedroom of Louis XIV. the work upon which occupied three years. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
And there was a third battle in Gob against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of the Forrest an embroiderer of Bethlehem slew. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 10: 2 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
He made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, with the work of an embroiderer. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
"You mean -- his?" asked the absorbed embroiderer. From Wordnik.com. [Kincaid's Battery] Reference
The palette of the embroiderer in silk is superlatively rich. From Wordnik.com. [Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery] Reference
I would not make an embroiderer, a gilder, a polisher of him, like. From Wordnik.com. [Emile] Reference
His wife, Mrs. Noeurn Oreng, is an embroiderer in the local village. From Wordnik.com. [Kiva Loans] Reference
The embroiderer of that lion was an artist, perhaps the artist who designed it. From Wordnik.com. [Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery] Reference
He monopolized every embroiderer, jeweler, and tailor that Paris could boast of. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Years Later] Reference
How many conferences with the dressmaker, with the florist, and the embroiderer!. From Wordnik.com. [Baron Trigault's Vengeance] Reference
Grebber was the son of Frans Pietersz de Grebber (1573-1643), a painter and embroiderer in. From Wordnik.com. [Art Knowledge News] Reference
It is only a poor little embroiderer down at Crocus who is dying for rest and good living. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold of Chickaree] Reference
Was a pretty but poor embroiderer surrounded by a numerous and poverty-stricken family when. From Wordnik.com. [Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1] Reference
This man, who began life as a tailor or embroiderer, was early interested in the fine arts. From Wordnik.com. [Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts] Reference
It is more as if the embroiderer wanted to represent a precious tissue, a stuff shot with gold. From Wordnik.com. [Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery] Reference
The Japanese embroiderer, instead of knotting his own thread, employed very often a crinkled braid. From Wordnik.com. [Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery] Reference
In 1815 Caroline Crochard, then an embroiderer, worked for Madame Roguin, who made her wait for her wages. From Wordnik.com. [Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2] Reference
No chronology was followed, the embroiderer having chosen her scenes at pleasure or as the exigencies of space demanded. From Wordnik.com. [The Justice of the King] Reference
In fact, it is the business of the successful embroiderer to know as much about design as she must about stitchery and color. From Wordnik.com. [The Development of Embroidery in America] Reference
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