"Fancywork" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... task. It is no fancywork for idle hours. It is the first difficult draft of a chapter, perhaps a whole ...
— Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood • Grace Greenwood
... themselves nothing to do but dress, give orders, and gossip. When I was first married, I used to long for my new clothes to wear out or get torn, so that I might have the pleasure of mending them, for I got heartily sick of doing fancywork and ...
— Little Women • Louisa May Alcott
... are welcome to come," said Aunt Sarah. "We will make night dresses for the poor little ones next week, then after that you might all bring your own work, mending, fancywork or tidies, whatever you have ...
— The Bobbsey Twins in the Country • Laura Lee Hope
... girl could be so self-sufficient on a tedious space-voyage, and Bordman approved of her. She was making the journey to Xosa II as a representative of the Amerind Historical Society, but she'd brought her own bookreels and some elaborate fancywork which—woman-fashion—she used to occupy her hands. She hadn't been at all a nuisance. Now she tilted her head on one side as she looked ...
— Sand Doom • William Fitzgerald Jenkins
... scene of gayety she was to visit, and as she tried to eat her breakfast they called out conflicting advice to her till her head whirled. Sophie told her to be sure and see the display of preserves. Her brother said not to miss inspecting the stock, her niece said the fancywork was the only thing worth looking at and her nephews said she must bring them home an account of the races. The buggy drove up to the door, she was helped in, and her wraps tucked about her. They all stood together and waved good-by to her as she drove out of the yard. She waved back, but she ...
— Hillsboro People • Dorothy Canfield |
