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or faggoting
as in smocking
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Noun
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The many sweet details — from the smocking at the waist to the decorative front tie — are just the kind of charming twists the day calls for.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025 -
The matching pink tea-length skirt featured Emily Adams Bode Aujla’s signature crafty details, with bands of smocking and cross-stitching at the waistband.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
5 Nov. 2024
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Puzzles, word games, reading, needlepoint — here’s what experts say about what may help.—
Caroline Hopkins Legaspi,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Saxon Ratliff Saxon Ratliff wearing sunglasses with a Smathers & Branson American flag needlepoint sunglasses strap.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
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Best: $130 to $190 400 to 600 thread count Egyptian or Pima cotton, some with windowpane or hemstitch detailing.—
Hannah Morrill,
ELLE Decor,
15 Nov. 2018
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For this place setting, Kate Goddard of Wild Sky Events paired a textured white charger with a silver crosshatch pattern, a white hemstitch napkin, and a handmade paper menu with dusty gray-blue calligraphy.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Sunset,
22 Jan. 2018
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Appliqué, embroidery, embossing, printing, cross-stitch, patchwork and leather marquetry are among the many techniques that have been applied over the years to the Puzzle, itself a feat of artisanal engineering given its novel cuboid construction.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
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Anthropologie's Annie mug quite literally screams mom (but in a subtle way) with a textured feel that is meant to resemble cross-stitch.—
Shoko Wanger,
Architectural Digest,
28 Apr. 2020
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Find these prints in tapestry, crewel work and cut velvet for the biggest impact.—
Erin Hayes Burt,
Dallas News,
13 June 2023
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Elizabeth Cooper, another Bay Area designer, highlighted furry alternatives such as alpaca (see the Arhaus pillow at right), while Bethesda, Md., designer Marika Meyer likes the tactility of crewel embroidery.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
WSJ,
30 Dec. 2020
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