appliqué

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Gallina, 75, was clad in a floor-length dark green striped appliqué jacket and clutching a paper ticket when she declared the Olympics to be a nuisance that has “nothing to do with Milan’s essence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Cutting and sewing techniques allowed these prints to live anew as appliqué details.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2023

“Nevertheless, the black appliqué still draws attention and makes her stand apart from everybody else.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2022

His aesthetic defined Indian-fusion style for Westerners in the late aughts, with a riotous palette and Indian craft methods like embroidery and appliqué.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2020

“Sewed on” and “laid quilts” are old terms given to appliqué or patched quilts.

From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty)