appliqué

Gallina, 75, was clad in a floor-length dark green striped appliqué jacket and clutching a paper ticket when she declared the Olympics to be a nuisance that has “nothing to do with Milan’s essence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Cloth stars and helping hands are stitched onto appliqué hats in both Benin and Vietnam.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

Originally, the patterns were inspired by traditional body painting, translated into colorful textiles in reverse appliqué worn as panels on women’s blouses.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022

“Nevertheless, the black appliqué still draws attention and makes her stand apart from everybody else.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022

There are still in existence some rare pieces of Italian needlework of the sixteenth century having designs of fine lace interspersed among the embroidered appliqué of silk.

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

Artist Ken Gun Min uses a tiny needle to applique his canvases, which he treats with gesso and Japanese bookbinding glue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

The quilt features a number of needlecraft techniques including knitting, sewing, embroidery and applique.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023

He put multicolored applique of hearts and stars on some of his looks, and several of his models wore low-heeled, dance-all-night boots above the knee in purple and gold.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

She wore an embroidered applique of a sunflower, Ukraine's national flower, on her dress sleeve in a sign of support for the country's people, the White House said.

From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2022

His mother worked at what was called piecework—doing applique at home.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

The oddly placed shooting star on the bottom right is actually part of an appliquéd textile Münter made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

After her mother died the following year, Ringgold paid tribute with “Mother’s Quilt,” a quilt appliquéd with doll-like Black figures, like angels, made from fabric scraps the women were saving for future use.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

Before he launched his clothing line, Ruby was known for his “soft sculptures”—huge Dr. Seuss-ish stuffed creatures, quilted and appliquéd and sewn from fabrics designed by the artist.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019

He commissioned T-shirts and accessories printed and appliquéd with cartoon characters and with slogans, also a novelty.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2012

She is by far the most attractive member of the family, yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself beneath prosthetic humps and appliquéd skin diseases.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris