What is embroidery?
It is an embellishment of a fabric or garment in which colored threads are sewn on to the fabric to create a design. Embroidery may be done either by hand or machine. Embroidery is generally used within the promotional product industry on apparel, bags or other cloth products. What is the first step? We begin by taking your logo, message or name and “digitizing” the artwork. This is the specialized process of converting two dimensional artwork into stitches or thread. Unlike some other types of imprinting, you can provide us your artwork in just about any popular formats(jpg, tif, eps, bmp,etc.). We don’t actually “convert” your artwork; rather we actually recreate the artwork using stitches. Once converted, the digitizer instructs the sewing machine to sew the design, in colors selected. Because embroidery is three dimensional, the results are far more exciting than traditional silks screen or other imprinting methods. How many colors can I use? There is no limit to the colors you can
embroidery Well, that depends upon what type you are talking about. Machine embroidery has become very popular in recent years, but that’s not what we’re going to discuss here. Machine embroidery uses a sewing machine and pre-programmed patterns to create embroidered designs. We want you to work harder than that, so we are going to talk about hand embroidery. Hand embroidery began about 3000 years ago as a means of embellishing garments. It then evolved and became a means to illustrate religious “stories” and in this regard became less to do with clothing and more to do with art work. Today, both traditions endure. Embroidery is essentially an umbrella-term for many types of needlework. It involves applying a pattern to a fabric using a needle (usually sharp-end), and thread of the stitcher’s choice. The fabric might be linen cloth, needlepoint canvas, or pretty much any other type of fabric that will take a needle pushed through it. Wikipedia, the website, gives a reasonably good desc
