embroider

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Season 2 feels like much more of an ensemble affair as showrunner Tony Gilroy expands the show’s focus beyond one character’s moral development to more thoroughly embroider others that are just as worthwhile.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025

Grandmothers told stories of their mothers teaching them to embroider.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023

"I thought I'm going to buy a modern dress" and then embroider it with the fern motif of the privy council "as a nod to the past".

From BBC • May 11, 2023

“No one has to sit there and embroider a skirt or sari for a goddess, but they do it as a display of love,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2023

On Tuesdays, after lunch, while she would embroider on the porch, he would keep her happy company.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez