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

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

The tunics worn over armour offered great opportunities to the needleworker.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs

But above all requirements the quilt maker must be an expert needleworker, capable of making the multitude of tiny stitches with neatness and precision if she would produce the perfect quilt.

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