needle-woman

What a dear little pin-poppet, or rather needle-woman!

The Ladybird 2003

It was the ugliest sofa cushion you can imagine, worked in browns so that it should not show the dirt, and with such irregular stitches that either Madam Washington must have been losing her sight when she worked it, or else she was a very poor needle-woman.

The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Various

But in the provinces the needle-woman, the weaver, and the house servant work still for inconceivably small prices, while there has been a decided rise in the price of local manufactures.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

"Oh, I know how beautiful it is without seeing it," said Ruth, with a sudden shrinking; but she added hastily, "There is no such needle-woman as Sister Angela anywhere."

Round Anvil Rock A Romance Nancy Huston Banks

"Sister Angela is a wonderful needle-woman," Sister Teresa could not help adding with modest pride.

Round Anvil Rock A Romance Nancy Huston Banks

She was also an expert needle-woman, and her brother who "hired his time" and "worked out," furnished her with material which she fashioned to suit herself -- working at night and at odd times.

Before the War, and After the Union; An Autobiography 1929

She was not a clever needle-woman; her large capable hands were made for riding, rowing and open-air activities; but since other wives embroidered cushions for their husbands she did not wish to omit this last link in her devotion.

The Age of Innocence 1920

She was not a clever needle-woman; her large capable hands were made for riding, rowing and open-air activities; but since other wives embroidered cushions for their husbands she did not wish to omit this last link in her devotion.

XXX. Book II 1920

Besides the usual elementary subjects, she learned French and some Italian, sang a little, and became an expert needle-woman.

Biographical Note 1917

Then, she is a deft needle-woman, an excellent cook, whenever she has the opportunity an open-air woman with a keen appreciation of nature, a born gardener, and a true lover of animals.

My beloved South, Mrs. T. P. O 1914