needleworker

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When she’s not volunteering, Merrill is an avid needleworker and enjoys difficult crossword and jigsaw puzzles.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2016

The royal needleworker will turn the money over to the national exchequer as her contribution to Britain's dollar drive.

From Time Magazine Archive

The needleworker has less than ever occasion to be afraid of geometric pattern; for it is peculiarly difficult to get in it that appearance of rule-and-compass-work which makes ornament so dull.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary

Hours are frightfully long, the disabilities of the French needleworker being in many points the same as those of her English sister.

From Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future by Campbell, Helen

In appliqué the craft to the needleworker is not carried to its limit, but, on the other hand, it calls for great skill in design.

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