Embroidery - decorating of fabric with needle and thread. There is a lot of embroidery stitches.
In history it was used on traditional costumes and on luxurious robes of
rich people. Nowadays is often used machine embroidery - pictures on t-shirts,
caps and so on.
Types of embroidery:
Counted-thread embroidery - on fabrics with clear
visible warp and weft threads. There belongs for instance cross stitch. See
pictures on
google,
flickr,
yahoo.
Cross stitch - most famous and very popular technique.
See pictures on google, flickr, yahoo.
Hardanger -
counted-thread embroidery made with white thread on white cloth, using
drawn thread work. See pictures on
google,
flickr,
yahoo.
Redwork - red threads on white fabric. I could be combined with applique,
red prints on fabric and patchwork. See pictures on
google,
flickr,
yahoo.
Blackwork -
black thread on white fabric. See pictures on
google,
flickr,
yahoo.
I tryied to find
bluework, and I found!
Bead embroidery - beads could be combined with cross stitch and
other types of embroidery. They are often used in crazy patchwork
together with laces and ribbons. See pictures on google,
flickr,
yahoo.
White work
- any embroidery made with white thread on white fabric. It could be Hardanger,
cutwork,
Broderie Anglaise.
See some pictures on google,
flickr,
yahoo.
Ribbon embroidery
- ribbons are used instead of threads. See pictures on
google,
flickr,
yahoo.
Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery See
pictures on
google,
flickr,
yahoo.
Free embroidery - pattern is drawn on fabric without regard to weft and
warp threads of fabric. Oposite for counted thread embroidery.
Needle painting - long and short stitches in slowly changing colours, it
produces gradual change of colour, similar to painting.
People:
Sharon B. - she make wonderful things, as you can see on her
web, I love
dictionary of embroidery stitches with instructions.
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