How to Use needlework in a Sentence

needlework

noun

• She showed us a sample of her needlework.
• She still enjoys doing needlework.
• Shirley loved to sew, do embroidery, crafting and needlework.
  — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
• Women passed their knowledge of quilting and needlework to their daughters.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Dec. 2019
• Alice loved cooking, crafts, needlework, and her beloved dog, Bella.
  — courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• Sequin embellishments, and no doubt hours and hours of needlework, make this outfit a work of art.
  — Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 19 May 2022
• Visible mending is all the rage now, so don’t cower under messy needlework.
  — Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023
• Her favorite pursuits were needlework, bridge, golf and above all spending time with family and friends.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• Choose from hundreds of needlework designs at the shop's brick-and-mortar store or browse products online.
  — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
• Among items for sale will be examples of rug-making, spinning, weaving and needlework.
  — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• Needlepoint is a form of needlework in which yarn, typically wool, is stitched through a stiff open-weave canvas.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
• Among the steady hands doing the needlework is Paul Saenz, who is in his 24th season with the club.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Jan. 2022
• Now Zweiman is asking for more needlework, but with the goal of helping immigrants rather than women’s rights.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• Beer was brewed in the kitchen and was considered as fundamental a skill for women as cooking and needlework.
  — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2018
• There was no room for too muchness when a child was bent over needlework or, in the cases of the less affluent, learning duties in the kitchen.
  — Longreads, 27 Mar. 2020
• Milwaukee received high points for playing card games, cooking and knitting and needlework.
  — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2018
• Dennis was in the furniture business, and Carol was an artist who loved to paint and design needlework.
  — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• Ringo Starr chummily shares a piece of gum with Yoko Ono, who does needlework at John’s side.
  — Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2021
• Did that needlework kit from last Mother’s Day quietly vanish after a few weeks of use?
  — Sara Bosworth, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2021
• She will be remembered as a frequent and accomplished world traveler and one skillful, with silk and yarn needlework.
  — courant.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• The girls studied paper cutting alongside other crafts, such as embroidery and needlework.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
• There will also be time for karaoke, gardening, volunteering at a senior center, needlework and singing in the church choir.
  — Mel Jimenez, Houston Chronicle, 21 June 2019
• Cannon devoted herself to her children and grandchildren, but not in the bake-a-pie, doing-needlework sense.
  — Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2020
• The external shell's eye-catching drop print and intricate needlework give your pet's sleeping place some character and style.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2023
• Westwood’s needlework is visible on various parts of the bodice, which had been repaired multiple times.
  — Samantha Conti, WWD, 25 June 2024
• Their relative newness to needlework hasn’t hindered business.
  — Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
• In her spare time, Dot enjoyed needlework, listening to operas, and spending time with her friends and family.
  — courant.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• John Brown’s daughter, Sarah, received a dollar award for her exquisite needlework.
  — Longreads, 13 July 2017
• The tattoo was done by popular tattoo artist Jonboy, known for his delicate needlework.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 8 Feb. 2020
• Both Coyle and Haines have lived at Osprey Lodge for more than three years and met through their mutual love of needlework.
  — Rosemarie Dowell, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Mar. 2018