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needlepoint
[ need-l-point ]
noun
- embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
adjective
- done or executed in needlepoint:
a needlepoint cushion.
- noting a lace needlepoint lace in which a needle works out the design upon parchment or paper.
verb (used with or without object)
- to execute or create in needlepoint:
to needlepoint an evening bag; to needlepoint as a hobby.
needlepoint
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noun
- embroidery done on canvas with the same stitch throughout so as to resemble tapestry
- another name for point lace
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of needlepoint1
Example Sentences
During an art residency last year in a former castle in the Umbrian countryside, the textile artist Liz Collins sat in her temporary studio stitching a needlepoint.
She gave the actor a “beautiful needlepoint pillow†and they’ve spoken over the phone about their favorite cop shows.
The two also became business partners, opening a needlepoint shop on the Upper East Side called 2 Needles.
Zoe Kurland: Even though the Troy School was different, these learned women still found themselves graduating into a world where they would be expected to cook and clean and needlepoint and smell nice and whatever.
“It Is About the Weight,†proclaims a cushion stitched in needlepoint by Berlin.
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