Definition of Stitchery

1. Noun. Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread. "She put her sewing back in the basket"

Exact synonyms: Sewing
Specialized synonyms: Applique, Binding, Gather, Gathering, Darn, Mend, Patch, Patchwork, Stitch
Generic synonyms: Needlecraft, Needlework
Examples of category: Needle
Derivative terms: Sew, Stitch

Definition of Stitchery

1. n. Needlework; -- in contempt.

Definition of Stitchery

1. Noun. fine work done by stitching ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stitchery

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stitchery

stishies
stishovite
stistaite
stitch
stitch-up
stitch in the ditch
stitch up
stitchable
stitchbird
stitchbirds
stitched
stitchel
stitcher
stitcheries
stitchers
stitchery (current term)
stitches
stitching
stitchings
stitchless
stitchlike
stitcht
stitchwork
stitchwort
stitchworts
stithied
stithies
stithy
stithying
stive

Literary usage of Stitchery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of by Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Wilton (1841)
"ON stitchery. " Here have I cause in men just blame to find, That in their proper praise too partial bee, And not indifferent to womankind, Scarse do they ..."

2. The Development of Embroidery in America by Candace Wheeler (1921)
"The mechanical and commercial effect of this stitchery discouraged its use; ... It is, in fact, the ABC of all decorative stitchery, the method evolved by ..."

3. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1901)
"The stitchery of the Same. By Mra. Head. With 101 Illustrations. ... of Tapestry," and the third of the " stitchery " employed in the embroidery of both. ..."

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