Converse of object

• teach: The Headmaster's wife taught needlework at Langford for thirty two years.

• do: Eliza is much better today, she is able to do a little needlework.

• include: Pastimes for ladies included needlework, drying and pressing flowers, reading, keeping a diary or journal and music.

• learn: In Europe in the 17th century samplers provided instruction and practice for girls learning needlework.

• embroider: The Charles II embroidered needlework two door cabinet with finely colored panels of flowers, birds, animals and figures.

• base: There was also a £ 1.1 s grant for needlework based on the average attendance of girl pupils.

Preposition: for

• girl: Lessons, included knitting taught from the age of 7yrs, plus needlework for the girls.

Adjective modifier

• fancy: Disapproval was to her what neuralgia and fancy needlework are to many other women.

• plain: Orders are taken for Church work, and almost every kind of fancy or plain needlework, painting or carving.

• domestic: Sandra Flower Sandra Flower uses simple sewing skills that can be found in utilitarian and domestic needlework the world over.

• little: Eliza is much better today, she is able to do a little needlework.

• other: Cross-stitch and other needlework have traditionally been extremely popular in Scandinavia.

Modifies a noun

• sampler: The Old Post Office is also home to a unique collection of historic needlework samplers dating from the mid-17 th century.

• skill: A group of women from across the UK have drawn on their needlework skills to help the Children's Hospital.

• lesson: Even with his tongue stitched to his lip - I knew that needlework lesson would come in handy.

• class: A club spokesman said: " It was never intended for people going to needlework classes once a week.

• kit: Splash Innovations - Cornish... and needlework kit subscriptions for children ages 4 and older.

• panel: Built in 1863, it contains three beautiful needlework panels by Anne Macbeth.

Noun used with modifier

• art: Morris himself is credited with the resurrection of free-form embroidery in the style which would be termed art needlework.