NEEDLEWORK
They include the jacquard, continental, & herringbone-gone-wrong
stitches
"He that makes himself" one of these "shall be eaten by the wolf"
sheep
Mexicans observe November 2 as "Dia de Muertos", Day of this
Day of the Dead
Different types include pine,
volcanic, &
ice cream
a cone
North Carolina produces almost 40% of the USA's output of this, its chief crop
tobacco
These were 1st made to show examples of stitches a worker could do
samplers
Do this "in haste & repent at leisure"
marry
The Festival of Fast Breaking isn't an NBA holiday, but one of this religion
Muslim (Islam)
The citrus fruit that fits this category
a lime
This man, later the 40th president, was born February 6
Ronald Reagan
The name of this needlework technique derives from the French meaning "to put on"
appliqué'
It's "not steel, yet it cuts"; it's "a woman's sword & she does not let it rust"
her tongue
The Greeting Card Assn. says members of this profession receive the most Valentine cards
Teachers
When it means "rescind", you can do it to an embargo. & when it means "steal", you can do it to a purse
lift
In violin music martele means to accent the notes sharply, as if striking a nail with this tool
hammer
Telling the story of the Norman conquest, the Bayeux Tapestry isn't a tapestry but this form of needlework
embroidery
According to the proverb on perserverance, it's how "the goose is plucked"
one feather at a time (feather by feather)
The French call this holiday "Fete nationale du 14 Juillet"
Bastille Day
From Arabic for "the wood", it's a pear-shaped, wooden musical instrument
a lute
In 1932 Hattie Caraway from this "Land of Opportunity" became the 1st woman elected to the Senate
Arkansas
Needlepoint is generally done on this type of fabric
canvas
In the rhyming proverb "What can't be" this, "must be endured"
cured
Besides Lincoln & Washington, 1 of 2 other presidents whose birthdays fall in February
(1 of) Ronald Reagan or William Henry Harrison
Muscovite is an example of this group of flaky silicates used for insulation
mica
Today at dinner, we had a special fried food in my favorite color. What was that food?
A fried green tomato!
HAVE A NICE NIGHT