Embroidery, also known as "embroidery", is one of the earliest ethnic textile crafts in China, which originated 3,000 years ago. There are four famous embroideries in China: Suzhou embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, Shu embroidery, and Hunan embroidery. With the development of modern industry, embroidery has also changed from traditional hand weaving to computer embroidery, inheriting the weaving patterns and methods of traditional hand embroidery!
Modern embroidered fabrics are embroidered with a machine after the fabric is woven. Compared with printing, the embroidery will not fade when washed. The materials are mostly pure cotton, lace, etc., which have better breathability and moisture absorption.
In ancient China, embroidery has been used in clothing design, and the fabrics are basically embroidered with birds, animals, dragons, phoenixes, or auspicious characters.
In modern clothing design, embroidery has good post-processing and can design unique clothing. Most women's clothing adopts elegant flower patterns, and lace is used to show the effect of embroidery. Regular geometric patterns are often used in men's clothing, and embroidery is often used for embellishment. Children's clothing uses lively and cute cartoon images to enhance the three-dimensional sense of clothing.
Embroidery techniques include flat embroidery, color embroidery, three-dimensional embroidery, appliqué embroidery, bead embroidery, flash embroidery, etc. Adult clothing often uses natural color thread or similar color thread, and children's clothing mostly uses color embroidery and appliqué embroidery.
There are many techniques and types of embroidered fabrics, and different embroidery patterns are suitable for different clothing.