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Hand Embroidery v/s Machine Embroidery

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Whether you’re veteran or a newcomer to the world of embroidery. You might have excelled hand embroidery or machine embroidery but haven't tried the other type. We are here to provide Pros and Cons of both Hand & Machine embroidery both have a significant role.   Lets begin with centuries good old hand embroidery   Merits  of Hand Embroidery   1)   Hand  Embroidery has more of personal touch to it, each person can weave their own imagination into embroidery and create something special for their loved ones. 2) For a beginner its perfect to start with hand embroidery, than work around machine embroidery, since its a little complex than hand embroidery .   Cons of Hand Embroidery   1) Hand embroidery demands more concentration while weaving a lot more hours than machine embroidery, imagine a 4inch square of embroidery would take just minutes on machine but a whopping 4hours for machine embroidery. Moreover if you’re planning on weaving a complic...

Stabilzer, its types and their Importance !

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You can choose the right thread, the perfect machine, what people usually forget which happens to the most important thing, and that is the stabilizer. Choosing a correct stabilizer for your machine can literally make or break your project! That is choose the right one it would turn out to be wonderful masterpiece else a horror to look at.   Whatever project you’re working on, whether home clothing or quilts or even denim, you want your work to bedazzle everyone who looks at it! Right? The Quality of stabilizer decides your project is hit or flop. What exactly it does? Well it is the base that strengthens your stitches given overall strength to cloth. Hence choosing the correct stabilizer is essential, else the design can become unclear,distorted, overall horror to look at! These points you need to keep in mind while selecting your stabilizer, the design, size of the design, fabric type of cloth and the thread.     Well we can help you understand basic types of stabilizer...

Choosing The Right Threads!

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A Complete embroidered piece is work of art with of much skill and art infused in them. But without the right threads your design would justice the art in them. We have made a list points to look out for when choosing a thread if you want help designing your embroidery.   Pick Your Thread Weight!   You might be confused when you heard higher thread weight means finer and thinner thread. Well, it is true! Higher thread weight has finer and thinner quality, whereas low weight has thicker and heavier thread quality.   Modern digital machine Embroidery uses 40 weight thread, whereas a manual sewing machine uses 50weight thread. For Heirloom Embroidery Project, heavier threads are typically used of weight 80-100.   Choose Your Thread Material !   Now that you know the basic of what thread weights to prefer for what project, let us dive into types of thread material. Below are several thread types you can choose from distinguishing them by touch and feel.   Good ...