variants
or faggoting
as in smocking
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Noun
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Liu’s work often merges corsetry, delicate smocking, and floral motifs with a romantic yet subversive edge.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Queen Letizia’s cotton gray blue midi dress featured a wide elastic waist, also known as smocking.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
2 July 2025
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The home retains original features like wide plank floors and a fireplace, alongside family heirlooms and Gretchen Clark's needlepoint.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Martin also adds heirloom-quality accessories, such as horn-and-bone frames, antiqued mirror elements, and needlepoint rugs, to complete the bedroom look.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
2 July 2025
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Best: $130 to $190 400 to 600 thread count Egyptian or Pima cotton, some with windowpane or hemstitch detailing.—
Hannah Morrill,
ELLE Decor,
15 Nov. 2018
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For this place setting, Kate Goddard of Wild Sky Events paired a textured white charger with a silver crosshatch pattern, a white hemstitch napkin, and a handmade paper menu with dusty gray-blue calligraphy.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Sunset,
22 Jan. 2018
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Nana taught me to cross-stitch and tat; Papa taught me how to hit a golf ball and drive a lawn mower.—
Ivy Odom,
Southern Living,
12 Aug. 2025
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It’s finished with three-quarter-length sleeves and a cross-stitch inset at the neckline.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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Find these prints in tapestry, crewel work and cut velvet for the biggest impact.—
Erin Hayes Burt,
Dallas News,
13 June 2023
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Elizabeth Cooper, another Bay Area designer, highlighted furry alternatives such as alpaca (see the Arhaus pillow at right), while Bethesda, Md., designer Marika Meyer likes the tactility of crewel embroidery.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
WSJ,
30 Dec. 2020
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