Stitching is considered a very important skill in India, so important that it is a required course in some schools. Embroidery is a form of stitching used to decorate materials of cloth by using various stitching techniques. It is an interesting form of art because it requires a certain skill set and a lot of practice. I was always fascinated as a little girl at how my grandma would just sit in the corner of the room stitching new clothes or making me little blankets, and how my mom always knew how to fix the button on my shirt and embroider these beautiful patterns on our pillows. Learning to stitch, or more specifically, learning to embroider, and make a plain old cloth into a beautiful piece of work with just a few threads and a needle is a skill I wish to acquire.
Embroidery is important in Indian culture because a majority of our traditional outfits are embroidered creating beautiful designs that add brightness and complexity to the dress, especially on a traditional sari. Or they use embroidery to add beauty to simple household items like a pillow or towel. It’s important to me because it is part of my culture and that I should carry on the tradition of knowing how to stitch like my grandma and my mother.Three topics will be discussed in this research paper; the history of embroidery, the purpose of embroidery, and the different techniques used in embroidery.
Embroidery is an art form that is used to decorate clothing and fabrics with designs and make them more colorful. Embroidery involves the detailed stitching of designs on fabrics that may include beads, pearls, small mirrors, and other material that make the piece of clothing more lavish (Morris). Historians have found fossilized remains of clothing with decorative ...
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...et. But on the other hand, my cousin’s family that lives in another region of India prays more to the snake god, so they might embroider snakes or anything else that represents that god.
Embroidery also has other functions other than making the clothing more attractive such as self-expression, spiritual awareness, and making the cloth stronger and more durable, especially if the cloth is going to be used for everyday wear, labor work, or household work (Tanttila). The embroidery on the clothing also depends on what the clothing will be used for. For example, a typical Indian wedding sari would have heavy embroidery with lots of designs, small beads, and a great amount of detail because it is a very important occasion. On the other hand, clothing worn at home would have less embroidery so that it is not as heavy and is more convenient to do household or other work.
Through out the ages some of the most impressive feats of blanket weaving has been produced by the Navajo people. One of the most beautiful styles that the Navajo created are the "chief blankets". These blankets have played a extremely important role in the survival of their people with the coming of Western society and are still continued to be made to this day
A: Tapestry is an ancient technique of weaving. The pattern is sections of colored weft threads beaten down onto warp threads. Tapestries were hung to show a person's wealth. For example, King Henry VIII had over 2,000 tapestries throughout his many palaces. They were hung in churches, castles, and places for the wealthy people (Victoria and Albert Museum). Most tapestries contained historical content that told memorable stories. In some cases, multiple tapestries were hung side by side to create a visual picture that could be read (The Art Institute of Chicago).
Egyptians mummies have been found with stained hair and nails, the reddish brown tones of henna. The Egyptians were convinced that body art smoothed the journey ahead. Henna was believed to have originated in Persia. Marilyn Cvitanic Ph.D. explains, “It grew extensively in Egypt and was carried to India where it was used since at least 700 AD for decorating hands and feet.” (http://www.habiba.org/culture.html, Paragraph 2). Henna was also brought over to other countries and used differently all around the world. It was common to see henna-covered hands and feet in India. In fact, henna was so commonly used that it had 60 names in 43 different
Although there are many types of quilting, there are three common types identified as whole cloth, piecing, and appliqué. The whole cloth technique uses only one piece of white fabric for the top of the quilt – usually, to show off the quilter’s fine stitching (Wilson 9-10). Piecing refers to sewing pieces of cloth together to make the quilt top. At first the pieces were sewn together haphazardly, but as collections of scraps grew, quilters began piecing colorful patterns together to form an accurately perfect square. Some of these had as many as 1600 small patches in a single quilt (Hechtlinger 61-62). Appliqué is the sewing of small cutout fabric shapes onto a background of another fabric laid down in a decorative design. This technique, often used to depict stories and ideas, has been used for hundreds – if not thousands – of years (Wilson 10-11). The oldest known appliquéd piece of quilted material was discovered in Asia. The floor of a Scythian chieftain’s tomb, found between 100 B.C. – A.D. 200, contained a quilted material that included finely detailed appliquéd animals. Therefore, the techniques used today in quilting are at least 2000 years old, with some of the patterns and designs being ...
Were 1 Stitch 2 Stitch and today we're here to make you invest in our sewing machine. I’m Emma, I’m Jillian, and I’m Angelo. This invention is useful because if you want to make beautiful blanket then having to do that all by hand then try this. It goes a lot faster and it doesn’t take as long. How the sewing machine works is, first the string connects to rotating hook then, it will sew the two pieces of fabric together to make one.
Today, when you walk down just about any populated street, any busy hallway, or take a seat on any public bus, there’s a good chance what someone’s wearing might catch your eye for a number of reasons, maybe a strong message or a beautiful design. This trend of placing imagery and messages on clothing apparel started around the turn of the 20th century with the increasing popularity of politically branded accessories. Since then, apparel of all kinds have become canvases for artists and corporations alike. Today, silk screening; an ever-evolving medium is regarded by many as the best there is for apparel design and some forms of artistic expression, and it continues to evolve and grow to this day. Although Silkscreening has changed throughout the years, especially once more advanced technology was mixed into the art, for many, it’s the time-tested methods that have been used for decades that prove to be
Quilting is a hobby of mine that has been around since the ancient Egyptians. Quilting is the process of stitching three pieces of fabric together, usually two pieces of fabric sand witching some sort of padding. I have been sewing since I was about seven years old and got my first sewing machine when I was about ten. My grandma taught me how to sew first by hand and then I got to move up to her machine until I got my own.
Weaving is a common thread among cultures around the world. Weaving is a way of producing cloth or textile. Today we have machines that weave large-scale textiles at cheap prices. Production of cloth by hand is rarely engaged in today’s Westernized societies. Not many people are thinking about how the fibers are actually constructed to make their clothes. However, in other cultures across the world the tradition of weaving still exists. By comparing three cultures that continue weaving as a part of their tradition we can see similarities and the differences between them. The reasons that each culture still weaves vary, as do the methods and materials. The desired characteristics of the cloth also vary around the world as each culture values different aesthetics.
In the early 1800s, lace made materials are much expensive than the crochet products. In Europe, some communities use crochet products to identify their social status, which only indicate that they can afford crochet products and other lace made items. The craft of crocheting only requires less expensive supplies and materials, which are commonly threads and yarns that they can purchase in nearby markets.
Sewing is completed by a thread, a needle, and a piece of material or materials; and the materials are seamed together to create a piece of work, as in pillows, curtains, quilts, blankets, and clothes. The time that a needle conjoined two types of fabric or material with a machine was around the year 1755 (Herzberg). By saving time and money, the sewing machine was invented and evolved the way people made clothing to blankets. Instead of taking days to only make roughly around fifty shirts or pants, the people that were employed with jobs that involved sewing and crafting made double what his or her did without a sewing machine. In some ways cross stitching and sewing share similarities. Cross stitching consists of a needle, yarn, canvas, and pattern; when sewing only consists of thread, a needle, and the material needled for the project that is being made to be completed (Knox). Cross stitching and embroidery are almost the same thing with just different names. Embroidery and cross stitching is slightly different, the only main difference of the two is that embroidery is mostly completed with the use of a machine that is set to the exact pattern wanting to be made, and cross stitching is a pattern that is hand made with a needle, thread, canvas, and pattern. Sharing similarities to sewing, cross stitching is very time consuming and may take days to complete some patterns. Many cross stitch canvases are helpful to stitch on a frame that is tightly screwed together to make the canvas very tight so the needle will not go past a hole or make repeated mistakes and ruin the entire pattern. The frame that holds the canvas in place is called a hoop (Jourdain). When using an embroidery machine, there will not be a hoop or anything to keep the canvas in place because the machine will constantly be moving it. Similar to sewing, the canvas that is being embroidered will
Anne Whitney was well known for her full figured portraits of suffragist and protesters leaders, she communicated her feminist and abolitionist view through her sculpture. Whitney accomplished portrait statues of prominent suffragists such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Lloyd Garrison, and Lucy Stone. The Lady Godiva statue shows lines, texture, and pattern from what I can observe as visual elements. The statue contains lines to outline the stitches in her dress. The texture of the statue is overall smooth, and the embroidery pattern can be seen on her veil, which is wrapped around her arm. I also noticed that Whitney used principle of design in her statue; Whitney was well known for her life-sized marble figures, so therefore scale played
In ancient times, mankind used to stitch animal skins for clothing and shelter. Thread in the form of leafs or long fur fibres of animals after twisting and needle made of bone was used for stitching. Weaving of cloth, introduction of line, silk and cotton threads and sewing machine put the stitching to a new level. The production of garments from tailor shop to mills started with industrial revolution [1]. Fabric and thread are two major elements of an apparel. Although thread have less than 1/1000th of its weight but still it is responsible for more half of the performance of apparel.[2] Life of apparel is equal to the minimum life of its any element. Thread is used to form stitches which helps in holding
The concept of adornment in Islam is all that beautify its human forms of dress, colors, and types of good and demobilization of hair, which is desirable, but in moderation limits. There are those kinds of dress what is forbidden, like the one in which severe finery, and that men wearing silk or Athaloua ornaments made of gold.
We all know the saying Practice makes Perfect. In crochet you will find that this is very true, however it does not take too much practice to make your stitches perfect. Enjoy your crochet and follow these easy tips for pure crocheting success.
From 2005 the textile segment has been made up of 2 companies, transforming raw materials into fabrics, from spinning to finishing and ennobling. Handicraft product quality and technological research development characterize this business segment which works with internationally recognized names of the apparel and fashion industry.