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embroidery

[em-broi-duh-ree, -dree] / ɛmˈbrɔɪ də ri, -dri /


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The full length was hand sewn by Grant to "make it nice and flat as Venezuela walked and I used an embroidery machine to do the edging round the side".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

She hosts monthly arts and crafts workshops including activities like scrapbooking, punch needle embroidery and clay art.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

With women banned from most jobs in Afghanistan, an embroidery boutique run by 22-year-old Rahima Alavi is a surprising and treasured sight in Bamiyan.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

He also brought a wool tunic for first lady Melania Trump, handwoven on a loom with embroidery from Colombia’s indigenous southwest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

As the saying goes, she was ‘all wool and no embroidery’.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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