embroidery

     

Embroiery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with designs stitched in strands of thread or yarn using a needle. Embroidery may also use other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. Sewing machines can be used to create machine embroidery.

Trivia about embroidery

  • It might be crewel to tell you that the Bayeux Tapestry is an example of this kind of needlework
  • Stumpwork, cutwork, and crewelwork are varieties of this textile art
  • The Bayeux Tapestry is an example of this, a general term for needlework that decorates fabric with thread