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All embroidery synonyms

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noun embroidery

  • sampler — a person who samples.
  • sewing — the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
  • needlework — the art, process, or product of working with a needle, especially in embroidery, needlepoint, tapestry, quilting, and appliqué.
  • needlepoint — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
  • cross-stitch — Cross-stitch is a type of decorative sewing where one stitch crosses another.
  • brocade — Brocade is a thick, expensive material, often made of silk, with a raised pattern on it.
  • decoration — The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
  • lace — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
  • quilting — a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
  • tapestry — a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
  • adornment — An adornment is something that is used to make a person or thing more beautiful.
  • arabesque — An arabesque is a position in ballet dancing. The dancer stands on one leg with their other leg lifted and stretched out backwards, and their arms stretched out in front of them.
  • bargello — a needlepoint embroidery stitch producing a zigzag pattern
  • crochet — Crochet is a way of making cloth out of cotton or wool by using a needle with a small hook at the end.
  • tatting — the act or process of making a kind of knotted lace of cotton or linen thread with a shuttle.
  • tracery — ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
  • applique — Applique is the craft of sewing fabric shapes onto larger pieces of cloth. You can also use applique to refer to things you make using this craft.
  • crewel — a loosely twisted worsted yarn, used in fancy work and embroidery
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