Editing Needlepoint (section)

==In popular culture==
A needlepoint stitched by [[Hell on Wheels (TV series)#Casting|Cullen Bohannon]]'s murdered wife, Mary, is referred to repeatedly throughout [[Hell on Wheels (season 1)|''Hell on Wheels'' season 1]].  For example, in episode 2, "[[Immoral Mathematics#Plot|Immoral Mathematics]]" (November 13, 2011), Bohannon flashes back to seeing Mary stitching the needlepoint; in episode 3, "[[A New Birth of Freedom]]" (November 20, 2011), Bohannon finds a piece of that finished needlework in the personal effects of the now-deceased foreman, Daniel Johnson (who in the previous episode had admitted to being part of the Union outfit that raped and killed Mary); and in episode 4, "[[Jamais je ne t'oublierai]]" (November 27, 2011), the inebriated Bohannon realizes he's lost the needlepoint, and he gets into a fight with Bolan, when the latter tauntingly reveals that he has the swatch.

Needlepoint backgrounds were used most famously on the long running game show, ''[[Family Feud]]'' from its premiere with [[Richard Dawson]] in 1976 to the end of the [[Ray Combs]] era in 1994.