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

The needleworker has less than ever occasion to be afraid of geometric pattern; for it is peculiarly difficult to get in it that appearance of rule-and-compass-work which makes ornament so dull.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary

The pin poppet, as its name denotes, was, however, intended originally for the requirements of the early needleworker who at the dames' school won renown in those great achievements—the samplers of old.

From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)