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needlework on which you are working with needle and thread
she put her sewing back in the basket
How To Use stitchery In A Sentence
- The skill of stitchery is developed as the kids sew the likes of the ‘Wily Wire Walker’ and the ‘Amazing Aerialist.’
- Don't you like hearing compliments on your stitchery?
- I have 16 different versions of that collection, with my favorite being the Donna Green illustrated book (my first one, from my Grandparents when I was 10) and my most interesting being a selection of the poetry done in stitchery. Angels' Blood Countdown: Catherine Spangler - Touched By Light ARC
- Nevertheless one sometimes comes across a "rising sun" or a "setting sun" bedquilt which is remarkable for skillful shading, and was an inspiration in the house where it was born, and where the needlework comes quite within the pale of ornamental stitchery. The Development of Embroidery in America
- However, her younger brother's tutor agreed to the errand on her behalf when he discovered that Mary had been listening to his lessons and was not totally absorbed in her stitchery.
- Edie took the abstract-shaped piece of stitchery, examined it, and turned it over in her hands a few times. A Stitch Before Dying
- “A fine job of stitchery,” she commented with a brief smile. The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Six
- Another phase of the same stitchery was working cotton and linen garments, hangings and quilts in a kind of quilted pattern with yellow silk. Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them
- The mental state and discipline needed to produce the laborious, meticulous, painstaking stitchery required for the making of watertight kamiks are not evident in Irene's work.
- The Name of This Book Is Secret) employs the hues and kitschy design of 1950s children's books and animation, completing the retro look with postatomic snowflake sparkles and wavering outlines that resemble stitchery. Publishers Weekly - Children's Books News