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needlepoint

[need-l-point] / ˈnid lˌpɔɪnt /


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She often does intake for her store at her kitchen table, surrounded by needlepoint pillows made by her Great-Uncle Elliott, who was also an entrepreneur.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Diane Briones Williams’s textiles at Official Welcome inject international flair into Western art history by rendering traditional scenes—landscapes, still lifes and genre painings—in needlepoint, then adding elements that touch on the artist’s Filipino heritage.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

The two also became business partners, opening a needlepoint shop on the Upper East Side called 2 Needles.

From Seattle Times Jan. 7, 2024

Zoe Kurland: Even though the Troy School was different, these learned women still found themselves graduating into a world where they would be expected to cook and clean and needlepoint and smell nice and whatever.

From Scientific American Nov. 9, 2023

Then as I continued to polish the shoes and buff them, Miss Volker walked over to her needlepoint map and stuck a red map pin into Mrs. Hamsby’s roof at A-41.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos




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