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

Therefore, you’ll discover suits with appliqué dot patches and frayed edges as well as dog-tag necklaces and sophisticated wire broaches on mini Scottish kilt pins.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2023

Originally, the patterns were inspired by traditional body painting, translated into colorful textiles in reverse appliqué worn as panels on women’s blouses.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

The beatitudes of St. Catherine, from the castle at Tarrascon, and the hangings worked in appliqué and flat stitches with portraits of Henri IV.,

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess