Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Needlework; sewing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Needlework; in modern times, the labor or drudgery of sewing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Needlework; -- in contempt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun fine work done by
stitching
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun needlework on which you are working with needle and thread
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have 16 different versions of that collection, with my favorite being the Donna Green illustrated book (my first one, from my Grandparents when I was 10) and my most interesting being a selection of the poetry done in stitchery.
Angels' Blood Countdown: Catherine Spangler - Touched By Light ARC Nalini Singh 2009
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Let your intuition guide you and allow it to emerge from the stitchery.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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Beautifully installed along a winding corridor, as though but recently resurrected from their packing crates, these eye-popping exemplars of stitchery and design are at one level a sheer aesthetic pleasure for the eye, on the other a social and economic history of Europe in its heyday.
Peter Clothier: Big Day at LACMA Peter Clothier 2010
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Beautifully installed along a winding corridor, as though but recently resurrected from their packing crates, these eye-popping exemplars of stitchery and design are at one level a sheer aesthetic pleasure for the eye, on the other a social and economic history of Europe in its heyday.
Peter Clothier: Big Day at LACMA Peter Clothier 2010
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Beautifully installed along a winding corridor, as though but recently resurrected from their packing crates, these eye-popping exemplars of stitchery and design are at one level a sheer aesthetic pleasure for the eye, on the other a social and economic history of Europe in its heyday.
Peter Clothier: Big Day at LACMA Peter Clothier 2010
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Edie took the abstract-shaped piece of stitchery, examined it, and turned it over in her hands a few times.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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Let your intuition guide you and allow it to emerge from the stitchery.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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“A fine job of stitchery,” she commented with a brief smile.
The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Six xcpublishing 2009
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Edie took the abstract-shaped piece of stitchery, examined it, and turned it over in her hands a few times.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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Beautifully installed along a winding corridor, as though but recently resurrected from their packing crates, these eye-popping exemplars of stitchery and design are at one level a sheer aesthetic pleasure for the eye, on the other a social and economic history of Europe in its heyday.
Peter Clothier: Big Day at LACMA Peter Clothier 2010
bilby commented on the word stitchery
"VALERIA: Come, lay aside your stitchery; I must have you play the idle huswife with me this afternoon."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 28, 2009