handicraft production

4. THREAD
DESIGN

5. DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE
EMBROIDERY
EMBROIDERY – is the
ornamentation of textiles & other
materials w/ needlework for
personal use and decoration not
only at home but for offices as well.

6. - Embroidery is an English word
derived from the old French
EMBROIDERS meaning EDGE &
BORDER. It was introduced into the
Orient by the Netherlands in the
15th century, it was bought by the
Spaniards into the Philippines

7. where it has made a wonderful
growth , & work done it rivals the
best work done in Switzerland, a
country noted for its exquisite
embroidery.

8. TOOLS USED
IN
EMBROIDERY

9. GAUGE – use to measure short
distance.

10. TAPE MEASURE – use for
measuring more than one – foot
distance or materials.

11. THIMBLES – made from
metal or plastic, protects the
middle finger & push the
needle while doing your
embroidery work. This come
in sizes 6 (small) to 12
(large)

13. EMBROIDERY HOOP/STILETTO
- Made of wood, bone, metal or
plastic use to make eyelets in the
fabric to be embroidered. It also
used to keep the fabric stretched
while embroidery stitches are
applied on the design.

14. It is advisable to place
tissue paper over the inner
hoop or twist or wrap the
inner hoop with a thin
material to prevent
markings on the fabric.

16. EMBROIDERY SCISSORS
- Is a small, sharp and pointed-
good for fine work use for trimming
scallops, clipping threads, and
cutting large eyelets. Protect the
blade by keeping them cover & get
them sharpened occasionally.

18. NEEDLE THREADER – use for
easier threading especially by
those sewers with poor eyesight.

19. POUNCE – is fine powder used in
transferring design by pricking
method.

20. EMBROIDERY NEEDLE
- Short pieces of steel w/ a fine
point at one end and a little
opening or eye at the other.
Needles should be fine tip so that
they can easily move in & out of the
fabric.

21. Do not use a needle w/c is
bent, w/o a point or rusty.
This will affect the regularity
and neatness of work.
Protect your needles by
storing them in a needle
case.

23. Types of
NEEDLE

24. CREWEL
– sizes 1-10 sharp-pointed,
medium length w/ large
eyesfor easy threading they
are used fo rmost standard
embroidery stitchery.

26. CHENILLE
– sizes 13 – 26 are also sharp-
pointed needles but they are
thicker & longer & have larger eyes.
They are that types of needles
appropriate for embroidery that is
worked with heavier yarns.

28. TAPESTRY NEEDLE
– sizes 13 – 26 they are similar
in size to chenille but are blunt
rather than sharp. This makes
them best for threading-
counting embroidery and for
the needle point as well.

30. WATER COLOR BRUSH – use
for transferring the design using
pricking & pouncing methods.

31. PIN CUSHION – a place for pins
& needles.

32. TRACING PAPER – used for
tracing designs.

33. SEWING BOX – use to keep
together the embroidery tools &
materials.

34. BAG – to keep work clean & fresh,
have a bag made from washable
material to hold when not busy on
it.

35. MATERIALS
IN
EMBROIDERY

36. 1. FABRIC – sometimes
referred to as cloth, are of
great variety & they differ
in material, weight,
weave, design, color and
finish.

38. 3 TYPES
OF
FABRIC

39. COMMON WEAVE
– most tightly woven fabrics
with a relatively smooth
surface like linen, wool and
cotton. They are best used
for articles w/ decorative
stitches.

41. EVEN – WEAVE – are
intended for hardener
embroidery since the
number of threads per
square inch is same for
both warp and woof.

43. BASKET WEAVE – is
commonly used by
beginners & ramie linen
by those who have been
used this embroidery.