needlepoint

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Diane Briones Williams’s textiles at Official Welcome inject international flair into Western art history by rendering traditional scenes—landscapes, still lifes and genre painings—in needlepoint, then adding elements that touch on the artist’s Filipino heritage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

She gave the actor a “beautiful needlepoint pillow” and they’ve spoken over the phone about their favorite cop shows.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Zoe Kurland: Even though the Troy School was different, these learned women still found themselves graduating into a world where they would be expected to cook and clean and needlepoint and smell nice and whatever.

From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023

He also painstakingly sews needlepoint images, many of which echo his paintings of the moon and sun.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

She didn’t bring Peachy’s needlepoint alphabet or her personal portrait of Peter Pan, either.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye