Exam

• The word embroidery is an english word derived from the old french word embroder meaning edge and border
• The spaniards for their part brought embroidery to the philippines
• The first teacher of embroidery in the country was the spanish nuns
• The philippines is well known for calado embroidery
• embroidery needles-  Needles come in various sizes lengths shaft thickness eye shapes and are either pointed or blunt tipped
• These are sharp pointed with large fairly eyes- crewel needles
• Chenille needles are also sharp pointed but are longer in size and thicker with large eyes they are suitable for embroidery on fabric with heavy threads
• Tapestry needles - are blunt tipped instead of sharp
• threads  Are sold in spools balls cones and skeins
• Dmc cotton embroidery floss is one of the most versatile threads for embroidery
• Dmc pearl cotton is a finely twisted non divisible thread that has a sample silky feel
• Dmc color variations-our collection of over  dyded  threads
• Dmc light effects are created to add light and reflected qualities to your design
• Dmc satin floss is a silky six strand floss that adds exceptional beauty
• Six strand embroidery floss is an embroidery floss made up of six strands of loosely twisted thread
• embroidery hoopIs a wood or plastic hoop used to hold fabric taut  while embroidery
• Is a small high quality pair of scissors which sharp point -embroidery scissors
• Stiletto is a long and rounded tool used to make a hole into the cloth
• Is a cup like object made of plastic or metal thimble
• Is a small cushion typically 3 to 5 cm across which is used in sewing to store pins or needles -pin cushion
• Embroidery marker is used for drawing designs on fabric
• Embroidery transfer pencil is used for hot iron transfer designs
• Needle threader makes threading the needle easier
• Is used to bind edges of fabric to prevent raveling -masking tape
• Dressmakers carbon paper is used to transfer designs to cloth
• Fabrics is used for embroidery and available in different thread counts
• Aida fabric is evenly woven usually from cotton with specific number of squares to the inch 2.5 cm
• Even weave fabric are woven with a specific number of threads rather than the squares to the inch 2.5 cm
• Hard danger fabric is similar to aida  fabric but 20 to 22 or 24 counts
• Plain fabrics are normally used for freestyle embroidery
• Quilting with cotton is a tightly woven fabric with a vertical horizontal weave or grain lines
• Bugle beads- tubular in shape
• Charlottes- Czech seed beads
• Chatons- crystal beads
• Cloisonne- made of enamel fire on a background
• Crow beads-large beads that are shaped like Seed beads
• Crystals-made of leaded glass
• Delica beads- perfectly modern Japanese glass beads
• Donuts- have generous holes
• Faceted beads- cut multiple beads to have flat faces