needlework
/ˈniːd(ə)lwəːk
/noun [mass noun]
1The art or practice of sewing or embroidery: I took up needlework...
- A sewing group specialising in cross-stitch, embroidery, quilting and needlework meets on Mondays from 11 am to midday.
- But very often the image is enhanced by decorative needlework (embroidery).
- Erris is renowned for many things including its outstanding tradition in exquisite hand crafts like lace making, crochet, needlework and knitting.
Synonyms
sewing, embroidery, needlepoint, needlecraft, tapestry, crocheting, fancywork, patchwork, wool work, stitching, tatting, crewel work
1.1Sewn or embroidered items collectively: exhibits include Eastern needlework...
- This rare early Philadelphia needlework was included in the important exhibition entitled American Rococo, first held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 1992.
- Bess was a very keen gardener and flowers and plants feature in the Elizabethan needlework and tapestries in the house.
- The wide range of works includes quilts, rugs, needlework, paintings, works on paper, weather vanes, whirligigs, decoys, and painted furniture.
Derivatives
needleworker
- The program for ‘Resolutions’ was developed cooperatively, beginning with a meeting in early 1994 between Chicago and a core group of half a dozen needleworkers who assembled in her studio in Albuquerque.
- To meet the inherent challenge of harmonizing a variety of capabilities in a group endeavor, Chicago proposed, and all the needleworkers agreed, to use the same background color fade, the same techniques and a common border.
- It was just after finishing the ‘Holocaust Project’ that Chicago began to talk to the needleworkers about creating a group of positive images to express the concept of healing or repairing the world.