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Thimonniers Stitch - a chain stitch formed with a barbed needle. Barthélemy Thimonnier (19 August 1793 in L'Arbresle, Rhône - 5 July 1857 in Amplepuis) was a French inventor, who is attributed with the invention of the first sewing machine that replicated sewing by hand.
Cutwork frill on a cotton petticoat. Cutwork or cut work, also known as punto tagliato in Italian, is a needlework technique in which portions of a textile, typically cotton or linen, [1] are cut away and the resulting "hole" is reinforced and filled with embroidery or needle lace.
Eventually, the fabric skeleton was eliminated and a framework of threads established with a supporting structure of pins was used to create the foundation for the lace, and needle techniques were used to create the designs. 17th century Spanish Sol lace was a form of drawn thread work with circular patterns built up on a skeleton of woven ...
Bobbinet machines were invented in 1808 by John Heathcoat. He studied the hand movements of a Northamptonshire manual lace maker and reproduced them in the roller-locker machine. The 1809 version of this machine (patent no. 3216) became known as the Old Loughborough , it was 18 inches (46 cm) wide and was designed for use with cotton.
Madonna Knitting, by Bertram of Minden 1400-1410 1855 sketch of a shepherd knitting, while watching his flock The Knitting Woman by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1869. Knitting is the process of using two or more needles to pull and loop yarn into a series of interconnected loops in order to create a finished garment or some other type of fabric.
Nikola Bizumić was born in 1823 into a humble family in Neradin, Austrian Empire. [2] Following his education in his hometown, Bizumić sought further training in the barber trade in Irig. [3]
The satin stitch is created by passing the threaded needle completely through the fabric. The hand machine is the predecessor of the schiffli embroidery machine. The schiffli machine creates a lock stitch similar to a sewing machine. Neither should be confused with the more modern single needle or multi-head embroidery machines.
NEW YORK (AP) — James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical “Hair,” which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died.