fancywork

[ fan-see-wurk ]

/ ˈfæn siˌwɜrk /

ornamental needlework.

Origin of fancywork

First recorded in 1800–10; fancy + work

They embroider, and do other fancywork, and they sing and play.

Little Folks of North America |Mary Hazelton Wade
She lives alone in a little house with a green yard, and keeps a fancywork and millinery store.

Song of the Lark |Willa Cather
Why will dear old ladies cherish these household monsters, festooning them with ribbons and fancywork?

Bizarre |Lawton Mackall
It will also knit a great variety of fancywork for which there is always a ready market.

The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX |Various

Y'u sit there in that chair, where I can see y'u doing that fancywork and I'll not say a word.

Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West |William MacLeod Raine

fancywork

/ (ˈfænsɪˌwɜːk) /

any ornamental needlework, such as embroidery or crochet