appliqué

Gallina, 75, was clad in a floor-length dark green striped appliqué jacket and clutching a paper ticket when she declared the Olympics to be a nuisance that has “nothing to do with Milan’s essence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Therefore, you’ll discover suits with appliqué dot patches and frayed edges as well as dog-tag necklaces and sophisticated wire broaches on mini Scottish kilt pins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

Cutting and sewing techniques allowed these prints to live anew as appliqué details.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2023

Originally, the patterns were inspired by traditional body painting, translated into colorful textiles in reverse appliqué worn as panels on women’s blouses.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022

It had a cream-coloured ground, on which was a bold pattern, in appliqué, of pink briar roses with green leaves, meant as a delicate compliment to Briarcroft.

From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by John Campbell

The quilt features a number of needlecraft techniques including knitting, sewing, embroidery and applique.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023

In 2003, Prada covered bathing suits with molded plastic applique and Dolce & Gabbana unveiled silver astronaut-style suits — both an homage to Mr. Rabanne’s 1960s work.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023

He put multicolored applique of hearts and stars on some of his looks, and several of his models wore low-heeled, dance-all-night boots above the knee in purple and gold.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

She wore an embroidered applique of a sunflower, Ukraine's national flower, on her dress sleeve in a sign of support for the country's people, the White House said.

From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2022

His mother worked at what was called piecework—doing applique at home.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

The oddly placed shooting star on the bottom right is actually part of an appliquéd textile Münter made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

The $8,000 of personal savings she invested in making batches of appliquéd jackets to sell was a gamble, one she considered safe because it didn’t involve digging into her investment accounts.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2021

Before he launched his clothing line, Ruby was known for his “soft sculptures”—huge Dr. Seuss-ish stuffed creatures, quilted and appliquéd and sewn from fabrics designed by the artist.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019

Their uniforms were colorful, menacing and full of mystical symbols like stars and crosses that were appliquéd onto the fabric.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2015

She is by far the most attractive member of the family, yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself beneath prosthetic humps and appliquéd skin diseases.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris