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2. William Morris textile designs - Wikipedia

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   William Morris (1834-1898), a founder of the British Arts and Crafts movement, sought to restore the prestige and methods of hand-made crafts, including textiles, in opposition to the 19th century tendency toward factory-produced textiles. With this goal in mind, he created his own workshop and designed dozens of patterns for hand-produced ...

3. Tatreez - Wikipedia

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   The parts of a thobe that would often be embroidered include the chest panel (qabba) which has patterns and colors that vary from region to region and identify the wearer easily. Other commonly embroidered areas of the thobe include the rada "shoulder piece", side skirt panels ( benayiq ), the front of the skirt ( hiijer ), and the lower back ...

4. Embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Counted-thread embroidery patterns are created by making stitches over a predetermined number of threads in the foundation fabric. Counted-thread embroidery is more easily worked on an even-weave foundation fabric such as embroidery canvas, aida cloth, or specially woven cotton and linen fabrics.

5. Islamic embroidery - Wikipedia

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   The imperial workshops in the towns of Lahore, Agra, Fatehpur and Ahmedabad turn out many masterpieces of workmanship in fabrics, and the figures and patterns, knots and variety of fashions which now prevail astonish even the most experienced travellers. Taste for fine material has since become general, and the drapery of embroidered fabrics ...

6. Ukrainian embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Poltava and Reshetylivka products are especially famed for their “white-on-white” and openwork embroidery. [14] The red, red-blue (or red-black) color scheme plays an important role in Central and Eastern Ukrainian embroidery, as it did throughout almost the whole of Ukraine. [4]

7. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   To baste is to join fabric together with long removable stitches. bias Bias The bias direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually referred to simply as "the bias", is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other. Non-woven fabrics such as felt or interfacing do not have a ...