Embroidery has been a popular form of commercial venture and leisure pursuit that allows us to customize and personalize our garments and belongings to suit our taste, fashion and inclination. It is the art or handicraft of creating or decorating a design on a piece of fabric or other similar materials with ornamental needlework. It is done either by using a manual sewing machine or a specially designed, Computerized embroidery machine.
Modern, Computerized machines have made embroidery more intricate and complex. With their ease and less cost, the use of the manual machines is falling out of good turn. A portable unit may be less than 30 inches in width and 180 pounds in weight. Some operate quietly and won't disturb any conversation or your neighbors' sleep.
The thread commonly used is polyester or rayon. It weighs about 40wt. Like any sewing machine, the embroidery machine has a bobbin and a spool placed inside the hook to form the stitches. Other non-woven textiles, like the backing and stabilizer, are added to provide support and stability to the material during stitching, which lead to a more enhanced outcome. Embroidery machines also perform different stitches such as the fill, running, satin and underlay stitches.
With these high-tech machines, you can choose your own design and add lettering or dates to an event. Once the design is entered into the machine, you can adjust its size to fit into the garment. Then the Computer transfers the design to the machine for stitching.
If you're new to embroidery, you can take classes where you will learn the proper hooping caps, placement techniques, selecting of the appropriate needle for the material, correct adjustment and threading of the machine, operating the control panel and software and other related tasks. You will also learn that the material and thread type, quantity, design quality and size are the factors that affect the cost and time of the embroidery work.
