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embroider

[em-broi-der] / ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər /




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She had always been creative, experimenting with watercolors and learning to sew and embroider at a young age.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

When those employees left, they had to learn how to screen-print and embroider themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

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

"Our embroidery masters taped their phones to lamps and used the torch light to embroider with a thread and needle," he says.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2023

Nhamo was so pleased with the unusual attention she had attracted, she began to embroider the tale.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

At the same workshop, Getu Derza, 48, carefully embroiders colourful silk threads into intricate patterns.

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

Erick Medel embroiders denim with an industrial sewing machine, making works that touch on everyday life in Los Angeles, particularly those living and working in Boyle Heights and the city’s Eastside.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2024

Los Angeles artist Diane Meyer embroiders family photos like distorted pixelations to ask questions about memory.

From Seattle Times Nov. 24, 2023

The supplier embroiders school logos in-house on a range of products including jumpers, sweatshirts, polo shirts and school bags.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2023

Gisa embroiders at the table, making something beautiful and exquisite and entirely beyond my comprehension.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard

It was originally embroidered in England but kept for centuries in France, and tells the story of the Norman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

The insider further revealed that the lovers spent 20 minutes exchanging their handwritten vows, and that they handed out custom handkerchiefs, embroidered with a “TT” and lyrics from Swift’s 2014 song “Blank Space.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 7, 2026

Arancini in hand, I passed a booth lined with turquoise jewelry, Coca-Cola merchandise and approximately 40 embroidered denim vests.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Then there’s the cashmere embroidered rabbit cape by Gucci, which she purchased secondhand.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Their long embroidered kilts had seen better days: The colors were faded and the tassels frayed or missing entirely.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Artisans at the London fashion house Safiyaa spent 150 hours embroidering Anderson’s bespoke silk reception outfit.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

Kit men spent the 24 hours before Argentina faced England embroidering those shirts with numbers and the national crest.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

The mother-of-two said she works all day sewing clothes and embroidering but she can't afford baby formula for her youngest.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

Although Aleys’ mother cannot read, she knows the stories of the saints and relishes embroidering them with “goriest” details to keep her children interested.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

To Desdemona sewing a palikari vest, embroidering it with red, white, and blue thread.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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