needlepoint

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Recent Examples of needlepoint The Studio Knitting & Needlepoint: 9555 Nall Ave., Overland Park The Studio offers a variety of knitting and needlepoint supplies, along with classes and workshops to enhance your skills. Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025 Puzzles, word games, reading, needlepoint — here’s what experts say about what may help. Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 Saxon Ratliff Saxon Ratliff wearing sunglasses with a Smathers & Branson American flag needlepoint sunglasses strap. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025 In addition to canvases, Penny Linn Designs sells needlepoint accesories and tools, like scissors, needles and wicker bags to hold them in. Megan Sauer, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for needlepoint
Recent Examples of Synonyms for needlepoint
Noun
  • 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
  • It’s finished with three-quarter-length sleeves and a cross-stitch inset at the neckline.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • The history of needlework and women from prehistoric times onward is embedded in the scraps and pieces of fabric that have been preserved.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
  • In Pakistan particularly, and South Asia as a whole, scores of craftswomen are engaged in age-old hand embroidery and needlework techniques which have kept a number of ancient crafts alive.
    Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Find these prints in tapestry, crewel work and cut velvet for the biggest impact.
    Erin Hayes Burt, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
  • 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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“Needlepoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/needlepoint. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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