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By the numbers: On TikTok, posts with #needlepoint increased by 400% for the first 10 months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, the social platform shared with Axios.
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Brianna Crane, Axios, 7 Dec. 2024
This chic needlepoint pillow, which features a lyric from Swift’s sixth studio album, is handmade with wool embroidery and backed in blue velvet.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
There is also the option to try the ancient craft of paper marbling or needlepoint and embroidery in the estate’s historic Stables’ Tach Room.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
The forecast had been partly sunny, but raindrops were doing needlepoint on the bridge club’s roof.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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Brianna Crane, Axios, 7 Dec. 2024
This chic needlepoint pillow, which features a lyric from Swift’s sixth studio album, is handmade with wool embroidery and backed in blue velvet.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
There is also the option to try the ancient craft of paper marbling or needlepoint and embroidery in the estate’s historic Stables’ Tach Room.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
The forecast had been partly sunny, but raindrops were doing needlepoint on the bridge club’s roof.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for needlepoint
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The Scheels Sweater Weather Collection features four tumblers in royal maroon, peacock blue-green, baby pink with white polka dots and white with red cross-stitch patterns.—
Ada Tseng,
WWD,
31 Oct. 2024
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Tatiana tended to her large acreage of farmland and often spent her evenings knitting socks or crafting complex cross-stitch patterns of landscapes, animals and ballerinas.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
16 Oct. 2024
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Having graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York, Ahmed always dreamt of showcasing Pakistan’s exquisite embroideries and needlework to an international audience.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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His own dwelling is modest, and—characteristic of old Russian manners—entered through an anteroom in which maids see to their needlework.—
Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2024
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Find these prints in tapestry, crewel work and cut velvet for the biggest impact.—
Erin Hayes Burt,
Dallas News,
13 June 2023
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Elizabeth Cooper, another Bay Area designer, highlighted furry alternatives such as alpaca (see the Arhaus pillow at right), while Bethesda, Md., designer Marika Meyer likes the tactility of crewel embroidery.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
WSJ,
30 Dec. 2020
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“Needlepoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/needlepoint. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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