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  • noun Plural form of needleworker.

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Examples

  • My mother and her sister (Aunt Sarah) were both avid and talented needleworkers, and skilled in almost all aspects of that art -- knitting, crocheting, sewing, embroidery, needlepoint, even tatting.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • My mother and her sister (Aunt Sarah) were both avid and talented needleworkers, and skilled in almost all aspects of that art -- knitting, crocheting, sewing, embroidery, needlepoint, even tatting.

    The Pampers of Jesus: My Summer with HDTV 2009

  • From 1980 to 1985, I met and worked with the over 130 needleworkers from the United States, Canada, and New Zealand who collaborated with me on this project.

    Judy Chicago: Statement 2010

  • Wortis worked as an operator in the needle trades at least until 1925, and like many other immigrant Jewish women needleworkers, she joined Local 25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), where she later served as an elected official of the complaints department.

    Rose Wortis. 2009

  • Chicago assembled a group of talented women needleworkers.

    textile museum, judy chicago, and me 2009

  • It seems that the great director - apparently never at a loss for "valentines" of his own - was determined to have the most romantic dinner imaginable for his latest novia, and set about giving directions to his kitchen staff, along with the full-time needleworkers who embroidered napkins and tablecloths for each of his special dinners, for a menu made up of flowers for each course.

    Valentine Flowers from the Kitchen: Delicias de Flores 2006

  • It seems that the great director - apparently never at a loss for "valentines" of his own - was determined to have the most romantic dinner imaginable for his latest novia, and set about giving directions to his kitchen staff, along with the full-time needleworkers who embroidered napkins and tablecloths for each of his special dinners, for a menu made up of flowers for each course.

    Valentine Flowers from the Kitchen: Delicias de Flores 2006

  • It seems that the great director - apparently never at a loss for "valentines" of his own - was determined to have the most romantic dinner imaginable for his latest novia, and set about giving directions to his kitchen staff, along with the full-time needleworkers who embroidered napkins and tablecloths for each of his special dinners, for a menu made up of flowers for each course.

    Valentine Flowers from the Kitchen: Delicias de Flores 2006

  • Before they could drop a single banner, dozens of burly Nike security officers swooped in, setting off a melee that spilled over five floors of the megastore and left one needleworkers organizer, Jim Grogan, with a cracked rib.

    Swoosh Wars 2007

  • The students pulled up outside Niketown on 57th Street in an RV rented and driven by members of the needleworkers union.

    Swoosh Wars 2007

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