cross-stitch

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Chatinas learn to cross-stitch as young girls because embroidering birds and flowers has a spiritual meaning.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

It’s also even in more mundane ways, in cross-stitch, in crotchet and quilting, creating beauty literally from the scraps on the margins.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2022

I won’t reveal the contents of the final section; that would unravel Diaz’s careful cross-stitch.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Slate found around 3,000 cross-stitch groups on VK, a popular social media platform in Russia, and there are trainings and workshops that beginners can take to learn the craft.

From The Verge • Mar. 28, 2022

Rachel and Adah were assigned any number of hope-chest projects to work on, but the domestic arena was never my long suit, so I was to focus on a single, big project: a cross-stitch tablecloth.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver