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• Handicrafts - it is an art and science of making decorative objects by hand
• Indigenous Materials -Materials that are found naturally
• Raw Materials - Unfinished raw materials
• Scrap Materials - Recyclable Material
• Embroidery - is the art of decorating fabric and material with design stitched with thread using needle
• Embroidery Needle -a needle with sharp point and a pointy top used for sticthing
• Crewel Needle - most commonly used
• Tapestry Needle - Thick Shafted
• Beading Needle - long needle
• Embroidery Scissors - used for trimming
• Embroidery Thread - available in various types
• Embroidery Hoop - works to hold the fabric
• Stilleto - usually made of wood
• Thimble - protects the middle finger
• Embroidery Marker - used for drawing in fabric
• Embroidery Transfer Pencil - used for hot transfer design
• Needle Threader -Makes threading easier
• Masking Tape - this is used to bind edges and to prevent tapering
• Dressmaker Carbon Paper - this is used to transfer designs to fabric
• Embroidery Fabric - Evenly Woven Fabric
• Running stitch - It is considered to be the easiest stitch
• Running stitch

  1. Push your threaded needle up through the fabric

  2. Push the needle back down through the fabric next to where you just came up, and pull the thread down into your first stitch

  3. Push your needle back up through the fabric, leaving a space from the previous stitch. Then poke the needle back down through the fabric again making your second stitch
• Chain stitch - It is a method of embroidering by which the stitche resemble a chain.
• steps for chain stitch


  1. Bring the thread out at the right side of the fabric, make a loop, and hold it down with the left thumb.

  b. Insert the needles where it last emerged and bring it out a short distance forward and over the loop.

  c. Pull the thread lightly and insert the needle again to make another stitch.
• Back stitch - It is the stitch most often used to outline a design
• Holbein stitch - It is double running stitch.
• steps for holbein stitch

  1. Make several running stitches on the line of the design. Check that stitches are spaced evenly from each other. b. Turn work and make running stitches on the spaces made between the first
• Stem stitch - It is a sort of back stitch worked from left to right.
• Feather stitch - A stitch with a loop and stitches evenly worked on both left and right sides of a design area.
• Cretan stitch - It is the variation of the feather stitch which has a uniqu textured center that resembles the natural central vein of a leaf.
• Cretan stitch

  1. Draw two parallel lines

  2. Bring the needle from the under to the upper surface of the material

  3. Insert the needle in the top line slightly farther to the right of where it came out on the bottom line

  4. Take a small stitch downwards

  5. Insert similarly take a small stitch upwards

  6. In taking the stitch the thread must be kept to the left of the needle
• Cretan stitch


  • The needle is always at right angles to the lines
  • The thread must be kept to the left of the needle
• Lazy Daisy stitch - It is also known as detached chain stitch
• French knot - It is used for the centers of such flowers as the daisy or wild rose, and sometimes for the anthers of others.
• Balance - This is the equal distribution of weight from central point of area
• Proportion - this refers to the pleasing relationship of one part to another
• Emphasis - the principle which rules that there should be a center of interest
• Rhythm - This refers to the pleasing sense of organized movement that gives continue to a design
• Harmony or unity - this means the design looks complete and whole
• Elements of design are line, shape, form, space, texture