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
Cloth stars and helping hands are stitched onto appliqué hats in both Benin and Vietnam.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023
In working appliqué it is best, although not absolutely necessary, to have the design traced on the material to be used as a ground, which must then be framed as for ordinary embroidery.
From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
Vocabulary lists containing appliqué
Internment
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"The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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