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  2. Hardanger embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Example of modern Hardanger embroidery work Hardanger embroidery sample, from a 1907 needlework magazine. Hardanger embroidery or "Hardangersøm" is a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white even-weave linen or cloth, using counted thread and drawn thread work techniques. It is sometimes called whitework embroidery.

  3. Smocking - Wikipedia

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    Smocking is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Before elastic, smocking was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable. Smocking developed in England and has been practised since the Middle Ages and is unusual among embroidery methods in that it was often worn by ...

  4. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

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    types of hand sewing stitches. This is a list of stitches used in hand and machine sewing. The most common standard for stitches in the apparel industry is ASTM International ASTM D6193-16(2020) [1] The standard also covers various types of seams. Under this classification of stitches there are basic groups as follows:

  5. Whitework embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Whitework embroidery is one of the techniques employed in heirloom sewing for blouses, christening gowns, baby bonnets, and other small articles. It has been used extensively on household and ecclesiastical linen, as decoration. It is often found on traditional regional and national costume, particularly on shirts, aprons and head coverings.

  6. Embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary embroidery artists believe hand embroidery has grown in popularity as a result of an increasing need for relaxation and digitally disconnecting practices. [15] Many people are also using embroidery to creatively upcycle and repair clothing, to help counteract over-consumption and fashion industry waste. [16]

  7. Embroidery stitch - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh's Nakshi Kantha embroidery. An illustration of the buttonhole stitch. In everyday language, a stitch in the context of embroidery or hand-sewing is defined as the movement of the embroidery needle from the back of the fibre to the front side and back to the back side. [1] The thread stroke on the front side produced by this is also ...

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