Machine embroidery
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Machine embroidery is the process of using a sewing or embroidery machine to create decorative stitching on fabric. It is widely used in commercial branding, product decoration, uniform embellishment,
Commercial machine embroidery in chain stitch on a voile curtain, China, early 21st century
Machine embroidery in progress
Sewing needle
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A sewing needle, used for hand-sewing, is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole to hold the sewing thread. The earliest needles were made of bone or wood; modern needles are man
Machine embroidery
…embroidery machines and combination sewing-embroidery machines have a hooping or framing system that holds the framed area of fabric taut under the sewing needle and moves it automatically to create a design from a pre-programmed digital embroidery pattern. Depending on its capabilities, the machine will require…
A sewing needle
Needles used for hand sewing, from top to bottom: rounded upholstery needle, two straight needles, sail needle
Thread through the eye of a No.5 sharp needle
Magdalenian, Gourdan-Polignan France – Muséum of Toulouse