needleworker

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When she’s not volunteering, Merrill is an avid needleworker and enjoys difficult crossword and jigsaw puzzles.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2016

The royal needleworker will turn the money over to the national exchequer as her contribution to Britain's dollar drive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. O'Shaughnessy is the daintiest needleworker I have ever seen; she was taught by the nuns at St. Catherine's in the "ould country."

From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt

Arachne, a most industrious needleworker, had the audacity to contest against Pallas, the goddess of the art of weaving.

From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty)

The tunics worn over armour offered great opportunities to the needleworker.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs