Archive for August, 2009

Top 5 Things Buyers Should Know About Embroidery

1) Embroidery does not take as long as you may have thought. Embroidery is an involved process of stitching an image or letters to a cloth. In the past this was a very tedious and manual process, but with computer technology this process has been “digitized”. Nowadays, it just takes a few days to embroider items in bulk!

2) Embroidery fees are based on the number of stitches used. There is no difference in price whether you use one color or many colors in embroidery as long as they have … Read the rest

How Popular Are Machine Embroidery Designs

Every sort of embroidery has decorative work done with a stitching needle of any kind. Embroidery may be done on number of fabrics from satin to canvas. Embroiderers, know for their imaginations, experiment, creativeness  and learn from others which kind of stitch and thread works best and proceed to produce wonderful works of art, many times mixing types of embroidery.The development of the kind of  needlework used for embroidery and the different styles of embroidery also evolved depending upon the various materials used by a certain culture, and were passed … Read the rest

Embroidery Logo Concerns

When ordering custom apparel for your business or organization, you can’t go wrong with a high quality embroidered logo. But, how can you be certain that the embroidery services you order will come out how you expect? Will the colors be right? Will the logo look crisp and sharp? Will the threads fray or get fuzzy? These are questions and concerns that you may have. Here are some basic embroidery facts to help you know what you are getting when you order your company logo embroidered on custom apparel. 1) … Read the rest

Embroidery Techniques

There really are a number of options for embroidery techniques. Among them are the two basic classifications. The first is machine embroidery and the second is hand embroidery. Both are common today, though most of the items that you purchase are machine embroidery. Despite that nearly every city and town has someone in it that is adept at hand embroidery techniques. As a result there is often little more difficulty involved in procuring hand services than in procuring machine services.

If you are planning to do your first embroidery project … Read the rest

Heraldic Hand Stitched Embroidery work by needle

Embroidery stitches are the smallest units in embroidery. Embroidery patterns are formed by doing many embroidery stitches, either all the same or different ones, either following a counting chart on paper, following a design painted on the fabric or even working freehand. Heraldic Hand Stitched Embroidery uses various combinations of stitches. In Heraldic Hand Stitched Embroidery you find a special name to help identify it. These names vary from country to country and region to region. Some embroidery books will include name variations. Taken by themselves the stitches are mostly … Read the rest