Refers to any process or technique done with a needle and thread, such as sewing, stitching, smocking, quilting, and embroidery. In common usage, the term is sometimes used to refer to decorative work rather than plain sewing; however, to distinguish more decorative work from plain sewing, it is less ambiguous to use "fancy needlework" or a specific needlework technique, such as "embroidery."

needleworking(process)　(P,,U,English-P,D,U,U)
needlework(process)　(,U,English-NP,UF,U,U)
needlework technique(,U,English-NP,UF,U,U)
needlework techniques(,U,English-NP,UF,U,U)
handwerken(procedé)　(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
naaldwerk(,U,Dutch-NP,AD,U,U)
labor con aguja(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
labor de aguja(,U,Spanish-NP,AD,U,U)
女紅藝品製作(過程)　(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
nü kung i p'in chih tso(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
nǚ gōng yì pǐn zhì zuò(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
nü gong yi pin zhi zuo(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Activities Facet
........Processes and Techniques
............<processes and techniques>
................<processes and techniques by specific type>
....................<processes and techniques by material>
........................<textile processes and techniques>
............................<textile working processes and techniques>
................................<needleworking and needleworking techniques>
....................................needleworking (process)

practitioner(s)/student(s) are....	needleworkers
distinguished from....	plain sewing
material required/producing by is....	needlework(visual works)
distinguished from....	fancy sewing

Dutch....	Verwijst naar alle procedés en technieken waarvoor naald en draad worden gebruikt, zoals naaien, stikken, smokwerk, doorstikken en borduurwerk. In de volksmond wordt de term soms gebruikt om te verwijzen naar decoratief werk, in plaats van naar algemeen naaiwerk. Om het meer decoratieve werk te onderscheiden van algemeen naaiwerk, is het echter duidelijker om de term 'decoratief handwerk' te gebruiken of om te verwijzen naar een specifieke handwerktechniek, zoals 'borduurwerk'.
Spanish....	Incluye todos los procesos utilizados para realizar con aguja: diseños ornamentales o dibujos en textiles.
Chinese (traditional)....	任何以針線進行的過程與技術，諸如縫紉、車縫、縮褶、拼布及刺繡等。在一般用法中，有時用指裝飾性作品，而非一般的縫製工作，然而，若要將裝飾作品與一般縫製作品做區分，使用「精緻女紅藝品」較為清楚，或特定的女紅技術辭彙如「刺繡」。

needleworking(process)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
.................	AATA database (1995-) 126577 checked 26 January 2012
needlework(process)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford Companion to Art (1984) needlework
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) needlework
.................	Worcester Art Museum Library, List of subject headings, unpub. (1976) no preferred term given; needlework
needlework technique............	[VP]
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
needlework techniques............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
handwerken(procedé)............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
naaldwerk............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
labor con aguja............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Elsevier Textile Dictionary (1979)
labor de aguja............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Guía del Coleccionista de Antigüedades (2001) 470
女紅藝品製作(過程)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AAT-Taiwan 借詞編輯與使用原則 (2013)
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) Media and technique, needlework
.................	AATA database (1995-) 126577 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

Getty AAT: 300053652 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300053652
ASDC Union Catalog： needleworking 、needlework 、needlework technique 、needlework techniques 、handwerken 、naaldwerk 、labor con aguja 、labor de aguja 、女紅藝品製作 、nü kung i p'in chih tso 、nǚ gōng yì pǐn zhì zuò 、nü gong yi pin zhi zuo