by: Debra Fernandez
In the past embroidery, or hand stitching, was identified by long, tedious hours spent bent over canvases while crafting breathtaking and intricate designs. While the embroidery of today is still breathtaking and intricate, the use of machines in embroidery has helped speed up the creative process and has also allowed people who never thought they could embroider at all embroider like the pros.
The history of embroidering with machines started with the invention of the sewing machine and continues today into this high-tech world of computers and software programs.
In the beginning, machines did little to help create embroidery designs but aided in the speed of creating them on canvas. The deigns were still pretty much planned, drawn and approached as they would have been if they were going to be hand stitched. The sewing machine only helped out in the stitching process. The colors of thread were changed manually and the designs themselves were stitched with a great deal of hands-on operation from the embroiderer.
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