BASIC TOOLS IN
EMBROIDERY, IT’S
USES AND
FUNCTIONS
Most Essential Learning Competencies
1. trace the development of
Philippine Embroidery;
2. identify the different basic
embroidery tools, its uses, and
functions;and
3. appreciate the importance of
embroidery tools
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Embroidery
The term
embroidery is an
English word
derived from the
old French
embroiders
meaning edge and
border.
Embroidery –
the art of
designing with
needle and
thread.
Basic Tools in
Embroidery,
Its Uses and
Functions
Gauge
use to measure
short distance
Tape measure - use for
measuring more
than one-foot distance
or materials
Embroidery Hope /
Stiletto - made of
wood, bone, metal or
plastic use to make
eyelets in the fabric to
be embroidered. It is
also used to keep the
fabric stretched while
embroidery stitches
are applied on the
design.
Embroidery
scissor - is small,
sharp, and pointedgood for fine work
use for trimming
scallops, clipping
threads, and cutting
large eyelets.
Needle threader is use for easier
threading
especially by those
sewers with poor
eyesight.
Pounce- is fine
powder used in
transferring
design by
pricking method.
Embroidery
needle - a short
piece of steel with
a fine point at one
end and a little
opening or eye at
the other.
Crewell - sizes 1-10
are sharp-pointed,
medium length with
large eyes for easy
threading they are
used for most
standard
embroidery
stitchery.
Chenille - sizes 13-26 are
also sharp pointed
needles but they are
thicker and longer and
have larger eyes. They are
the types of needles
appropriate for
embroidery that is
worked with heavier
yarns.
Tapestry needle
- is from sizes 13
-26. They are
similar in size to
chenille but are
blunt rather
than sharp
Watercolor brush use for transferring
the design uses
pricking and
pouncing methods.
Pin cushion - a
place for pins
and needles.
Tracing paper used for tracing
designs.
Sewing box use to keep
together
the embroidery
tools and
materials.
Bag - to keep work
clean and fresh,
have a bag made
from washable
material to hold your
work when not busy
on it.
Tombs are the
clothes of the dead
and a grave is a plain
suit; while an
expensive
monument is one
with embroidery.
R. Buckminster
Fuller