The embroidery done by the students of needlework class was extraordinary. From LearnThat.org.
"But needlework is not a fashionable accomplishment, my dear.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys] Reference
She could play upon the harp and paint in water-colours, and her needlework was a picture, but not half so pretty a picture as her face. From Wordnik.com. [Merry-Garden and Other Stories] Reference
Valance of Venice gold in needlework. From Wordnik.com. [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference
This is a rather vague name that denotes a decorative kind of needlework carried out with coloured wools upon a plain white linen ground. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Long experience has convinced me that no kind of needlework necessitates a stooping or cramped attitude. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopedia of Needlework] Reference
It is not a lower but another kind of needlework in which more is made of the stuff than of the stitching. From Wordnik.com. [Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them] Reference
It is not a lower but another kind of needlework, in which more is made of the stuff than of the stitching. From Wordnik.com. [Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery] Reference
There were great speculations too among them as to whether the curious Tuscan pictures at the top of the stairs were "needlework" or not. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis] Reference
"It appeared to be a large sheet of canvas with some strange kind of needlework upon it. From Wordnik.com. [The Brownies and Other Tales] Reference
(These ladies are seated at needlework as they talk.). From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
You are going in for religious needlework, then, my dear?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Sissy had spoken once to bid them take the needlework away. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Entire decline of needlework as an art -- Miss Linwood's invention!. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Combed wool yarn for ornamental needlework and knitting, as Berlin. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The girls have a little history, French, music, and ornamental needlework. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
Under the habit a jupon of cambric muslin with a deep border of needlework. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Some were reading, some sketching, and some at various kinds of needlework. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
Venetian to be pattern maker for varieties of linen needlework and lace for his court. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
"I might not have been a drudge," said Miss 'Rill, softly, flushing over her needlework. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
A fine Stuart jewel-casket, numerous secret drawers, covered in needlework (S.G. Fenton) 47 5 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
The woman of the north was very expert in needlework, but her wooden legs made her a poor dancer. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
Towards the end of James I. 's reign it is supposed that the earliest needlework pictures appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
The prices, however, are almost prohibitive, as no modern needlework picture is worth from £15 to £30. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
They are scarcely so charming as the all needlework pictures, but still are delightful and covetable articles. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Send him to inspect the needlework and bedmaking; or put a broom into her hands and send him to witness its use. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
We are fortunate in possessing in the Victoria and Albert Museum monumental specimens of both lace and needlework. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
They are described by an eyewitness as being "of woven gold, with spaces left vacant for needlework embroideries.". From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
If this were all, it would be no matter for regret, but with the necessity for needlework has vanished the desire. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
If a child's doctor visit is likely to involve needlework, parents can apply the prescription-only patch in advance. From Wordnik.com. [No Need For A Lollipop] Reference
Viscountess Wolseley and sold by her, among other Stuart needlework specimens, at Messrs. Puttick & Simpson's in 1906. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
The nation abounded in paintings, prints, fine needlework, and the product of our greatest period of porcelain manufacture. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
We know that she painted furniture and china, therefore why not the faces of the needlework pictures so nearly akin to her own work?. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
The country in autumn -- The wind is blowing without -- MADAME, seated by the fireside in a large armchair, is engaged in needlework. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The first-named variety usually belonged to royalty or one of the many noble houses whose ladies busied themselves with fair needlework. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Among the many dainty examples of Tudor and Stuart needlework are to be found the exquisitely embroidered book-covers which date from Queen. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
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