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Recent Examples of needlepoint
While there’s no matching shams, their catalog lists many a pillowcase that would make a perfect companion, like this corduroy piece with a ruffled edge and needlepoint embroidery.
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Jan. 2026
The women attendees hid books beneath their needlepoint, children playing in the yard to warn them of approaching Taliban morality police.
—Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
The store also sells tools to start needlepoint.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
Another slipper, this one with a skinny slingback strap, featured an intricate needlepoint design with red, yellow and blue enriching it — and more colorful needlepoints shoes came down the runway.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Jan. 2026
The women attendees hid books beneath their needlepoint, children playing in the yard to warn them of approaching Taliban morality police.
—Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
The store also sells tools to start needlepoint.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
Another slipper, this one with a skinny slingback strap, featured an intricate needlepoint design with red, yellow and blue enriching it — and more colorful needlepoints shoes came down the runway.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for needlepoint
Noun
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Anti-ICE sentiment is also being incorporated in various crafts, appearing in cross-stitch patterns, felted brooches and beaded bracelets.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Each wall is flanked by a checkerboard of products and the brand’s holiday gift boxes—each with a cross-stitch design that feels all at once new and nostalgic.—
Shanna Shipin,
Allure,
17 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Their relative newness to needlework hasn’t hindered business.—
Julianna Chen,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Social stitching Los Gatos Library is hosting an event for needlework and textile art enthusiasts on Jan. 5.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 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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“Needlepoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/needlepoint. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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