Needlework

Needlework is another term for the handicraft of decorative sewing and textile arts. Anything that uses a needle for construction can be called needlework. The definition is often expanded to include craft using a long and thin tool, such as crochet hook and tatting shuttles.

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Needlework includes (among others):

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• Quilting
• Patchwork
• Applique
• Embroidery, including Darning
• Canvas work, including Berlin wool work
• Cross-stitch
• Crochet, including Filet crochet
• Knitting
• Tatting
• Lucet
• Fabric Making
• Marbling on fabric
• Felt making
• Silk painting
• Smocking
• Braiding and Tassel making

See also: Royal School of Needlework

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Handicraft: Handicraft, also known as craftwork or simply craft, is a type of work where useful and decorative devices are made completely by hand or using only simple tools. Usually the term is applied to traditional means of making goods. The individual artisanship of the items is a paramount criterion, such ...

Sewing: Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, leather, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of cloth....

Textile art: Textile art is the creation of textiles or creation with textiles....

Needlework related Images and Photos (experimental)

Needlework Sampler 1805	Needlework Sampler. Portland Maine 1805	Needlework Sampler. New England 1803	Needlework Picture Pennsylvania 1827
Silk Needlework Picture. Pennsylvania 1804	Silk-On-Silk Needlework Picture circa 1800	Silk-On-Linen Needlework Sampler Dated 1802	Silk on Linen Needlework Sampler circa 1836
Silk-On-Linen Needlework Sampler Dated 1764	Silk on Linen Needlework Sampler 19th Century	A Fine and Rare Needlework Sampler Norwich Connecticut 1774