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Lorraine had the words committed to a pillow in needlepoint. — Andrew Goldman, Town & Country, "Chris Wallace Is Fox News's Man in the Middle," 17 Nov. 2018 For the uninitiated, needlepoint is a form of embroidery in which thread is stitched, according to a pattern, through a stiff, open-weave canvas. — Sheila Marikar, ELLE Decor, "An Ode to the Perverse Pleasure of Needlepoint," 6 Sep. 2018 Two steps down for each Portuguese needlepoint rug. — Leena Kim, Town & Country, "From the T&C Archives: 19 Steps to Social Success," 18 June 2014 But beyond the flowery wallpapers with matching lampshades, dog portraiture, needlepoint and traditional European antiques was a quirky man with a wicked sense of humor. — The Editors, ELLE Decor, "Remembering Mario Buatta: Designers, Colleagues, and Clients Share Their Memories of the "Prince of Chintz"," 16 Oct. 2018 The needlepoint tour, which took about 18 months to plan, brought 16 women earlier this month to stores like Shipwreck Beads, Luv2Stitch and A Stitch in Time. — Esther Fung, WSJ, "Are You Into Needlepoint or Vintage Clothing? There’s a Crawl for That," 22 May 2018 This week's photo from our archives featured a living room with red needlepoint details on the pillow, rug border, and benchpad. — House Beautiful, "Can You Guess the Year?A Vintage House Beautiful Photo of a Living Room with Red Accents," 12 Sep. 2010 My sister celebrated our new house with a needlepoint rendition of it and threw in a profusion of purple blossoms free of charge. — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, "Attack of the purple ‘bean trees’," 6 June 2018 Her signature needlepoint turns up in the strangest places. — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, "'Hereditary': Toni Collette is the main attraction of this old school horror movie layered thick with original ideas," 6 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'needlepoint.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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