embroidering

Bessie, who could do all kinds of beautiful needlework, was busily engaged in embroidering and stitching every spare minute on the little garments that I did not even care to look at.

Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919

These, so far as I could observe, consisted largely in embroidering mourning pieces, with a family monument in the centre, a green ground worked in chenille and floss silk, with an exuberant willow-tree, and a number of weeping mourners, whose faces were often concealed by flowing pocket-handkerchiefs.

Oldtown Folks 1869

And now, when I am at work from morning to evening, I can never do anything right if my chair is not in the same place, directly opposite the light, Fortunately, I am neither right nor left handed, but can use both hands equally well at embroidering, which is a great help to me, for it is not everyone who can do that.

The Dream ��mile Zola 1871

But distorting or 'embroidering' the facts adds sensationalism and sells stories ... and unfortunately it appears that the greater part of the industry is driven by the obsession to sell papers and capture audiences a gossip by any other name...

Responsible journalism. Or not. Glenda Larke 2008

While I didn't staple my head, I did take a needle and thread through the very top layer of the skin on my hand, effectively "embroidering" myself.

reddit.com: what's new online! 2009

Elena Reyes Remigio shows off a men's shirt she's embroidering.

Elena Reyes Remigio shows off a men's shirt she's embroidering. The embroidery artisanry of Cocucho, Michoacan, is legendary. © Travis Whitehead, 2009 2009

My numbed love life with its two mad needles embroidering their rose, piercing and tugging at their tapestry, their bloody tattoo somewhere behind my navel treading that morass of emblazon.

John Lundberg: Remembering Sylvia Plath John Lundberg 2010

My numbed love life with its two mad needles embroidering their rose, piercing and tugging at their tapestry, their bloody tattoo somewhere behind my navel treading that morass of emblazon.

John Lundberg: Remembering Sylvia Plath John Lundberg 2010

All hand-stitching, and embroidering, and fancy work she does in the deck-chair beside me.

CHAPTER XX 2010

Juan Davis , owner of Fast Lane Clothing Co. in Tampa, Fla., said lowering corporate taxes would help his clothing manufacturing and embroidering business grow.

Private Ideas on How to Create Jobs Joe Light 2011