Editing Needlepoint (section)

=== Historical and political figures===
Royal needlepointers include: [[Mary, Queen of Scots]],<ref>''The Marian Hanging'', worked by Mary Queen of Scots between 1570 and 1585, an embroidered silk velvet in silks and silver-gilt thread, applied canvaswork, lined with silk.  V&A Museum Accession No T.29-1955, (presented by the Art Fund) On display at National Trust, Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk.</ref> [[Marie Antoinette]],<ref>''Firescreen Panel'' embroidered by Marie Antoinette, Queen of France  Cotton embroidered with silk ca. 1788 [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (Gift of Ann Payne Blumenthal, 1941) Accession No: 41.205.3c</ref> {{cn span|[[Queen Elizabeth I]], [[Princess Grace]]|date=March 2016}}. In fact, the American Needlepoint Guild has established a Princess Grace Award (Needlepoint) for needlepoint completed entirely in [[tent stitch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.needlepoint.org/exhibit.php|website= American Needlepoint Guild Incorporated|title=Princess Grace Award (Needlepoint)}}</ref> (This award is not formally associated with the Princess Grace Foundation which presents the "Princess Grace Awards".<ref>{{cite web|website=Prince Grace Foundation|url=http://www.pgfusa.org|title=Princess Grace Awards}}</ref>)

An American historical figure who was an avid needlepointer is [[Martha Washington]], the wife of [[George Washington]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wharton|first1=Anne Hollingsworth|title=Colonial Days & Dames|date=1923|publisher=Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co.|url=https://archive.org/stream/colonialdaysdame00whar/colonialdaysdame00whar#page/n114/mode/1up}}, where it states "Mrs. Washington was a notable needlewoman".

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