clothwork

English

Etymology

From cloth +‎ -work.

Noun

clothwork (uncountable)

1. The art or technique of making things from cloth.
   • 2016, Ann-Elise Lewallen, The Fabric of Indigeneity: Ainu Identity, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Japan:

     Four-panel mixed-media composition featuring clothwork techniques of applique, embroidery, and reverse applique […]

2. Items made from cloth, or (in sculpture etc.) made to resemble cloth.