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Your Sewing and Embroidery Basics

By: Amanda Maseko

Machine embroidery has been around for many years. However, all of the machine embroidery of the past was done by very large and expensive machines housed within specialty businesses. In the past if you were a business and wanted your logos sewn onto baseball hats or other promotional items, then you went to a custom embroidery business and they did it for you. Thanks to the declining costs of computers and technology advances, home sewers now have the capability of doing custom machine embroidery in their own homes.

To be successful with embroidery digitizing software you must be an experienced sewer and knowledgeable of the various types of fabrics on the market. Fabric moves differently when sewn and you will have to account for this in your designs.

Another important thing you want to have in your digitizing software is the ability to see the true thread colors both on your computer monitor and on your color printer. This allows you to make sure you use just the right colors in your designs and that the embroidered design meets any logo requirements as well.

An overview and history of the embroidery 101

Some of the most famous civilizations for creating brilliant embroidery creations are the Japanese and the English. They both used embroidery to decorate ceremonial garments as well as decorative home items. While the Japanese are most known for their amazing kimonos, the English are well known for their hand embroidered fabric furniture panels.

Stump work was made in the mid-seventeenth century and consists of a highly colored, embroidered design on white silk. Often the works are done of scenes of people and carved wooden heads, hands and feet are added to these works of art. Often found with stump work are padded areas which are used to make the designs three dimensional and interesting to the eye.

In the past, as part of the regular school curriculum of girls, embroidery was taught. These very young students, sometimes as young as seven or eight years old, would show their sewing skills by creating colorful samplers. The samplers would showcase their sewing skills as well as their knowledge of the numbers and alphabets. Many samplers were created which depict the children, their interests and their school buildings as well. Samplers were generally stitched on wool or silk fabrics with very colorful silk and metallic threads and can still be found for purchase today. Very old or very decorative samplers today are worth a lot of money to the collectors who are fortunate enough to own them.

Just the basics of sewing 101

Learning to sew is really one of those "hands on" type things. You can easily learn to sew but you have to take the time to try it out and see what works for you. The easiest thing you can do is sign up for a sewing lesson at your local craft, sewing machine or quilting store. Generally any store which sells the more expensive sewing machines will offer lessons for free or at a very reasonable cost. You do not have to buy their sewing machine simply to take a class and try out sewing for yourself.

If no one in your area offers lessons, and you don't happen to know anyone who sews, you can always find tutorials and lessons online. Simply go to any search engine and type in the words "sewing lessons" and you will have thousands of options to choose from!

Regardless of your sewing goals, be assured that you can absolutely learn how to sew. It is not a hard skill to learn, but it takes a bit of patience and practice to learn. Have fun with it and see where it takes you.

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