Hand Embroidery

Some articles on hand embroidery, embroidery, hand:

Vietnamese Embroidery
... Vietnamese hand embroidery is a 700-year-old tradition ... expected to know how to decorate pillowcases, curtains and tablecloths with hand embroidery ... Since the 1960s, hand embroidery in Vietnam has been raised to the level of an art ...
St. Gallen Embroidery - History - First Embroidery Machines
... The expansion of the embroidery industry began with the invention of the (hand-) embroidery machine by Joshua Heilmann of Mulhouse in 1828 ... quality was now nearly equal to that of hand-embroidery ... Thus, from 1852 the hand embroidery machines were manufactured in series, including at the already mentioned Maschinenfabrik in St ...
Chain Stitch - Applications - Hand Embroidery
... Chain stitch and its variations are fundamental to embroidery traditions of many cultures, including Kashmiri numdahs, Iranian Resht work, Central Asian suzani, Hungarian Kalotaszeg "written embroidery ...

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