Archive for July, 2009

History of Embroidery

When the primitive man discovered that the thread used to join fur together can be used for decorative purposes as well, embroidery began and has been applied since then on fabric and other materials to add to the beauty of those materials.

Blast from the Past

11th to 13th Century. This period brought about the height of English embroidery. Embroidery was usually applied on ecclesiastical vestments as well as clothing. Goldwork embroidery also became popular, in which pure gold is beaten and weaved on fabric to symbolize wealth and … Read the rest

Ways to Ease the Process of Ironing Your Clothing : Embroidery.

Ironing is a tedious chore at best, but there are ways to make ironing easier and quicker. The resurgence in popularity of 100% cotton clothing has brought back the necessity for pressing your clothes. If you want to present a crisp, polished, professional image, then ironing is a necessary evil. Here’s how to get the ironing done faster and more efficiently.

Use the right equipment.

If you’re trying to iron on the end of your bed or your kitchen table, it’s going to be a frustrating process. Invest in a … Read the rest

Metal Yarn – A Quick Introduction :- Embroidery.

Metal Yarn Production Procedure

Glittery yarns are by and large created from strips of a artificial film, such as polyester, coated with glittery particles. In one particular far more method, aluminum foil strips are sandwiched amid layers of movie. Glittery yarns may well also be created by twisting a strip of metallic close to a natural or guy-manufactured core yarn, generating a steel floor. It is created of thin film and supported by nylon or polyester or rayon yarn according to the sort of yarn.

Steel yarns start as rolls … Read the rest

English embroidery

Medieval period

Anglo-Saxon

Detail of stitching on the Bayeux Tapestry.

Little physical evidence survives to reconstruct the early development of English embroidery before the Norman Conquest of 1066. Stitches reinforcing the seams of a garment in the Sutton Hoo ship burial may have been intended as decoration, and so be classed as embroidery, and fragments of a scrolling border worked in stem stitch were recovered from a grave in Kempston, Bedfordshire. Some embroidered pieces of about 850 preserved in Maaseik, Belgium, are generally assumed to be Anglo-Saxon work based on … Read the rest

Xinjiang Cloud Carved Lacquer Device – Embroidery.

  Xinjiang cloud Lacquer NEW Jiangxian arts & crafts factory production to Seiko tick carved named Choi Wan-like pattern. Color with paint, painting, carving a comprehensive combination of technology, produced by clouds carved An Zhuo, Wei Ping, jewelry boxes and other products sold at home and abroad. In particular, the clouds carved Anzhuo, colorful clouds, slowly flip, simple elegant, glamorous.

  Xinjiang cloud began in the Yuan Dynasty Lacquer device. According to legend, it comes from the government were painter Zhang Jiaxing, Zhejiang, YANG Mao’s hands, and later lost. In 1913, there … Read the rest