Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with designs stitched in strands of thread using a needle. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials into the stitching process. Northeast Promotional Group uses to this process on a wide variety of garments and accessories for decoration and personalization.
The origins of embroidery are lost in time, but examples survive from ancient Egypt, Iron Age Northern Europe and Song Dynasty China. Elaborately embroidered clothing, religious objects, and household items have been a mark of wealth and status in many cultures including ancient Persia, India, Byzantium, medieval England, and Baroque Europe. Hand embroidery is also a traditional art form often passed from generation to generation in many cultures.
With the advent of computerized embroidery, a machine can complete multiple jobs much more rapidly. Specially developed embroidery machines can produce designs, created through modern, advanced digitizing software, from a digitized file, or pattern, that is then input to the machine.
In order to begin the embroidery process to the fabric must be stabilized to prevent wrinkles and other problems. There are many methods for stabilizing fabric, but most often one or more additional pieces of material called stabilizers or interfacing are added beneath and/or on top of the fabric. Many types of stabilizers exist, including cut-away, tear-away, vinyl, nylon, water-soluble, heat-n-gone, adhesive, open mesh, and combinations of these.
Smaller items to be embroidered are hooped, and the hoop is attached to the machine. There is a mechanism on the machine that then moves the hoop under the needle. Finally, the embroidery machine is started and monitored. Depending on the quality and size of the design, stitching out a design file can require a few minutes or even an hour or more.
The origins of embroidery are lost in time, but examples survive from ancient Egypt, Iron Age Northern Europe and Song Dynasty China. Elaborately embroidered clothing, religious objects, and household items have been a mark of wealth and status in many cultures including ancient Persia, India, Byzantium, medieval England, and Baroque Europe. Hand embroidery is also a traditional art form often passed from generation to generation in many cultures.
With the advent of computerized embroidery, a machine can complete multiple jobs much more rapidly. Specially developed embroidery machines can produce designs, created through modern, advanced digitizing software, from a digitized file, or pattern, that is then input to the machine.
In order to begin the embroidery process to the fabric must be stabilized to prevent wrinkles and other problems. There are many methods for stabilizing fabric, but most often one or more additional pieces of material called stabilizers or interfacing are added beneath and/or on top of the fabric. Many types of stabilizers exist, including cut-away, tear-away, vinyl, nylon, water-soluble, heat-n-gone, adhesive, open mesh, and combinations of these.
Smaller items to be embroidered are hooped, and the hoop is attached to the machine. There is a mechanism on the machine that then moves the hoop under the needle. Finally, the embroidery machine is started and monitored. Depending on the quality and size of the design, stitching out a design file can require a few minutes or even an hour or more.
Spools of thread
Embroidery machine during the stitching process.
A hoop is being used in this instance.