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The History of Embroidery and Its Modern Development

Most people associate embroidery with a boring way to fill up a housewife’s daily life. But, once you learn more about it, you may come to discover how incredibly fascinating it is.

Embroidery has a long history, which dates back to more than 3000 years B.C.It is probably the first form of art, as man has used decoration with aesthetic purposes as early as the invention of the needle and thread themselves. What is more, you may not be aware but actually embroidery was a man’s not a woman’s invention! In ancient cultures from every part of the world, embroidery and needlework was regarded as a priority only for the chosen and talented boys. The embroiderers-to-be had to study the fine craft under the supervision of a master. It took them more than ten years’ apprenticeship until they were approved to practice on their own.

Embroidery has not only a long history. The most amazing fact is that it had evolved simultaneously in almost every part of the world where people practiced sewing. Different cultures formed different embroidery types. The development of needlework also depended on the various materials used by a certain culture. The styles of embroidery is different nations invented, were passed on generations to generations and many of them have survived till nowadays.

We know of the embroidery work practiced by the ancient Egyptians. It was done with white threads on a white canvas. This embroidery is so sophisticated that even nowadays the modern technologies have difficulty doing it the same way. Another type of finest quality was the Chinese silk embroidery, known as the two-sided embroidery. It is amasingly intricate and it takes years of hard efforts to complete. Also famous is the “raised” embroidery, practiced in the 16th century. It is better known as the Elizabethan embroidery. It involved stitching decorations like butterflies, leaves and other beautiful designs with the usage of wool, leather and wood padding. Still popular today is the Western European embroidery called crewel. This technique uses two-ply wool stitching on linen twill and is practiced when making decorations on different household cloths, such as counterpanes, wall hangings, draperies, chair coverings.

What strikes most in these embroidery styles is that they are incredibly difficult to produce and many people lose their patience before completing one canvas. Nowadays, embroidery has developed so far, that even the clumsiest novice can try and stitch something beautiful by using computer software or high-tech sewing machines. That makes things more pleasant for the new beginner. Despite the available technology, artistic embroiderers prefer authenticity and still spend their time doing everything themselves. The finest details cannot be produced by technologically-based machines, because embroidery is most of all a kind of art, and all art needs its talented artists.

About digitizing/embroidery

Embroidery: It is a decorative stitching on fabric. Generally involves non-lettering designs but can also include lettering. Evidence of embroidery exists during the reign of Egyptian pharaohs, in the writings of Homer and from the Crusaders of the 12th century. Evolved from hand work to manual sewing machines and from hand-looms and schiffli machines with hundreds of needles to high-speed, computerized multihead machines.

Embroidery Digitizing: Embroidery Digitizing or Embroidery Punching is the process of converting artwork into digital data that tells a computerized embroidery machine how to move during the embroidery process.

Digitizing Tape: For embroidering a shirt or baseball cap, etc. the customer need a digitizing file sometimes called a tape. This is because the old embroidery machines used punched paper tapes and a tape reader to operate. With the advancements of new technology and the use of computerized embroidery, 3.5″ floppy disk is very common in the industry. An Embroidery Disk and a Digitizing Tape are similar references. A digitizing tape/disk contains all the instructions which tell the embroidery machine what to stitch on the garment.

Lettering: Embroidery using letters or words, made completely with stitches, or a combination of cutout appliqué pieces and stitching. It is a very common content of digitizing.

Monogram: Embroidered design composed of one or more letters, usually the initials in a name.

Push and pull: The terms push and pull are used together so often, it seems at times people believe they happen together. They do sometimes, but in most cases the element and/or the fabric are causing either push or pull, but not both. The exception to this rule tends to be in satin stitch columns, whether in a letter or otherwise. Satin columns can pull in on the ends and out on the sides.

Scanning: Scanners convert designs into a computer format, allowing the digitizer to use even the most primitive of artwork without recreating the design. Many embroidery digitizing systems allow the digitizer to transfer the design directly into the embroidery digitizing program without using intermediary software.

Vector Art

We offer vector art processing service too!

Vector Art conversion, convert your logo to vector format, or create high resolution vector artwork from low resolution art files, which can be used for screen printing, digital printing, vinyl plotting or any other sort of promotional or personal printing.

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Pricing:

$12 – Flat Rate for most files to be converted.

$18 – a) If artwork is complicated with imperfections such as blurriness.

b) If artwork requires layout changes, such as, moving objects or changing text.

c) Extremely complicated artwork requiring more than 3 hours.

Basic Machine Embroidery Knowledge

• When an individual digitizes a picture or design the types of stitches an embroidery sewing machine produces needs to be taken into consideration. There are three basic stitches – the Running Stitch, the Satin Stitch and the Fill Stitch.

  When digitizing the design, it is the digitizers job to understand how the embroidery sewing machine works concerning the density of the stitches. New digitizers should use more stabilizer under the design so less stitch density needs to be used. With practice, understanding the combination of stitch direction, design path and stitch density will begin to make more sense.

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