applique
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The quilt features a number of needlecraft techniques including knitting, sewing, embroidery and applique.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023
Naive applique flowers decorate handbags and jackets, at times holding in place a trailing tail of fabric.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 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
She incorporates cut-paper collage and applique textiles to represent such things as flowers and clothing.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
The blouse was decorated at chest-level with a calico applique in the shape of a strawberry.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
But “The Listeners” holds together perfectly well without the Jungian appliqué.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Cloth stars and helping hands are stitched onto appliqué hats in both Benin and Vietnam.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
“Nevertheless, the black appliqué still draws attention and makes her stand apart from everybody else.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. sat with first lady Jill Biden, who had an embroidered appliqué of a sunflower, the country’s national flower, added to her blue dress.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
The materials are not pasted on to linen, as in the case of appliqué.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle
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
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
Their uniforms were colorful, menacing and full of mystical symbols like stars and crosses that were appliquéd onto the fabric.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2015
Its appliquéd and embroidered patterns feature, among other things the American eagle, Stars and Stripes, soldiers and an African-American man addressing a white man on horseback, saying “Master I Am Free.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2014
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
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