How to Use needlepoint in a Sentence

needlepoint

noun
  • She sold her needlepoint at the arts and crafts fair.
  • Her hobbies include knitting and needlepoint.
  • The store also sells tools to start needlepoint.
    — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
  • There’s needlepoint artwork of fruit and cats.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Each is built with strong wire and features a super sharp needlepoint.
    — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The wingback chair in the corner has what looks like an old needlepoint throw on it.
    — Elizabeth Lawrence, House Beautiful, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Cross stitch, needlepoint, embroidery and a quilt will be part of the show.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • People want to hang out and bake bread and needlepoint and listen to folk music like yeah.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • When there were breaks at work, she could usually be found doing needlepoint.
    — Kitt Shapiro, Town & Country, 9 May 2021
  • Garri still drives, only takes one pill a day and works part-time at a needlepoint shop in Madeira.
    — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Like the stack of needlepoint and sewing projects in my craft room, the subway was simply never finished.
    — Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer, 11 July 2021
  • Exquisite framed needlepoint, iron beds, and travertine floors throughout lend an old-world feel.
    — Mary Wakeford, azcentral, 24 May 2018
  • This needlepoint pillow looks like Grandma made it herself.
    — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The forecast had been partly sunny, but raindrops were doing needlepoint on the bridge club’s roof.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
  • The company has made straps from ribbons, handmade needlepoint and even elephant skin.
    — Michelle Pemberton, Indianapolis Star, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Along comes Cutler, who looks like a guy watching a needlepoint infomercial.
    — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Aug. 2017
  • For Rico Nasty, extreme was the name of the game, with some needlepoint glam by way of her acupuncturist.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The store’s gift selection includes decanter sets, carry-on cocktail kits and needlepoint flasks.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The kneelers with the Confederate flag in needlepoint are also gone, and the church retired its coat of arms.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
  • On a counter sat a framed needlepoint portrait of Biden that someone had recently delivered.
    — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • My sister soldiered forth with another needlepoint, in the new colors, with a bushy yet barren wisteria in the front.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2018
  • After removing the needlepoint from the bag, take it outside to shake out the baking soda and vacuum it well to get the last traces.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Created by hand, often by someone who loves you dearly, a needlepoint stocking requires hours and hours of work to complete.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The stainless steel vessel is wrapped in their signature needlepoint, bearing the face of Pappy himself, and trimmed in full-grain leather.
    — Lacy Morris, Southern Living, 11 July 2017
  • Kendall got to participate in one of the fun activities at the shower – creating a needlepoint for the baby.
    — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • For the uninitiated, needlepoint is a form of embroidery in which thread is stitched, according to a pattern, through a stiff, open-weave canvas.
    — Sheila Marikar, ELLE Decor, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Kincaid works with small artists and businesses to source all the needlepoint canvases in her shop and is working to create her own in-house design studio, as well.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
  • How to Store Needlepoint Stockings To help preserve the shape of a needlepoint stocking, it should be stored flat.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Business owners selling products like rotary phones or needlepoint kits are seeing their revenue rise while the average costumer age slides.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
  • From knitting to needlepoint, crafting hobbies are becoming more popular.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026

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