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

The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. sat with first lady Jill Biden, who had an embroidered appliqué of a sunflower, the country’s national flower, added to her blue dress.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

“From the 3-D appliqué to the peplum detailing and oversized crystals, the details on the dress embodied what I was looking for,” Ms. Beaudry Westin said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2020

The last news-making jacket that she wore was a $51,000 floral appliqué number from Dolce & Gabbana.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2018

As, in the case of appliqué, inlay, and mosaic, an embroidered outline is usually necessary to cover the join, so in the case of cut-work sewing-over is necessary to keep the edges from fraying.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle

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

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023

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

She incorporates cut-paper collage and applique textiles to represent such things as flowers and clothing.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022

He immediately slipped on the sweatshirt he had just purchased from the collection, which featured an applique Mickey Mouse wearing streetwear and leaning against a speaker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2018

In college chapels I would listen to folk singing and see plain altars draped with bright applique banners: JOY!

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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

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

In “Us Only,” a hot pink sweatshirt appliquéd with cats, pale pink Ugg boots and a crimped wig the color of her own hair all evoke a “Cat Lady.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2016

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