| 1. | But it is not recorded that, in a single instance, her skill was called in to embroider the white veil which was to cover the pure blushes of a bride. - from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 2. | And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. - from The King James Bible |
| 3. | Make of it, soiling not, spoiling not, a petticoat fair with its bodice fine, which I will embroider and fill with flowers.'--'Madame, the child is no longer here what is to be done'--'Then make of it a winding-sheet in which to bury me.. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |