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2. Embroidery thread - Wikipedia

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   Matte embroidery cotton (or its French name, coton à broder) is a matte-finish (not glossy) twisted 5-ply thread. Medici or broder medici is a fine, light-weight wool thread formerly manufactured by DMC Group. Metallic embroidery threads are threads with metallic elements; these may be synthetic or real metal. Metallic threads range from a ...

3. DMC (company) - Wikipedia

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   Products. Textiles. Website. www.dmc.com. Dollfus-Mieg et Compagnie (abbreviated as DMC), is an Alsatian textile company created in Mulhouse, France in 1746 by Jean-Henri Dollfus. During the twentieth century, it was one of the largest European textile and industry groups. DMC was the owner and then shareholder of the Ronchamp coal mines.

4. Cross-stitch - Wikipedia

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   Cross-stitch. Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture. The stitcher counts the threads on a piece of evenweave fabric (such as linen) in each direction so that the stitches are of uniform size and appearance.

5. Bargello (needlework) - Wikipedia

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   Bargello is a type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of upright flat stitches laid in a mathematical pattern to create motifs. The name originates from a series of chairs found in the Bargello palace in Florence, which have a "flame stitch" pattern. Traditionally, Bargello was stitched in wool on canvas.

6. Sashiko - Wikipedia

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   Sashiko (刺し子, lit. 'little stabs') is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relatively cheap nature of white cotton thread and the abundant nature of cheap, indigo -dyed blue cloth in historical Japan, sashiko has a distinctive ...

7. Counted-thread embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Counted-thread embroidery is any embroidery in which the number of warp and weft yarns in a fabric are methodically counted for each stitch, resulting in uniform-length stitches and a precise, uniform embroidery pattern. [1] Even-weave fabric is typically used, producing a symmetrical image, as both warp and weft yarns are evenly spaced.