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The moderators are very light on the rules, all of which are straightforward and common sense.Broadly speaking, they expect all members to respect each other, give credit where it’s due if they’re sharing projects that aren’t theirs, and keep self-promotion to a minimum. If you want to promote yourself and your embroidery, you can do so either in the moderator-posted mega threads or share your work in other online communities.
The moderators are very light on the rules, all of which are straightforward and common sense.
Broadly speaking, they expect all members to respect each other, give credit where it’s due if they’re sharing projects that aren’t theirs, and keep self-promotion to a minimum. If you want to promote yourself and your embroidery, you can do so either in the moderator-posted mega threads or share your work in other online communities.
According to married artist couple Charles and Elin, embroidery is anancientart form that traces its origins back to somewhere around the year 30,000 BC. Embroidery has been practiced across different cultures and classes throughout the ages. For the nobility, decorative embroidery was a pleasurable pastime.Meanwhile, the members of the working class would use their needle-and-thread skills mainly for mending clothes, quilting, and marking things like sheets, napkins, and tablecloths with letters and numbers.
According to married artist couple Charles and Elin, embroidery is anancientart form that traces its origins back to somewhere around the year 30,000 BC. Embroidery has been practiced across different cultures and classes throughout the ages. For the nobility, decorative embroidery was a pleasurable pastime.
Meanwhile, the members of the working class would use their needle-and-thread skills mainly for mending clothes, quilting, and marking things like sheets, napkins, and tablecloths with letters and numbers.
However, it was only in the mid-1800s that embroidery took on a drastically different scale. The very first embroidery machines made in France automated part of the work and changed the process. In the late 20th century, cultural attitudes to embroidery changed, too, and it became an activity that even men of high social standing gladly took up in public.
So, it can be daunting to pick up a needle for the very first time. But if you focus on having fun and the process itself rather than the end result, you can avoid a lot of anxiety.
To get started with embroidery, all you really need is a basic kit that includes a hoop, some fabric, a needle, and thread. But more than all the physical equipment, the most important things are having a bit of patience, the willingness to experiment, and reframing ‘failure’ as a learning opportunity, instead of something to be ‘ashamed’ of.Add a dash of research and a willingness to be part of the vast community of embroiderers, and you’ve got a good start.
To get started with embroidery, all you really need is a basic kit that includes a hoop, some fabric, a needle, and thread. But more than all the physical equipment, the most important things are having a bit of patience, the willingness to experiment, and reframing ‘failure’ as a learning opportunity, instead of something to be ‘ashamed’ of.
Add a dash of research and a willingness to be part of the vast community of embroiderers, and you’ve got a good start.
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