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How to wash hand embroidery
After long hours of work, your hand embroidered piece is finished. Congrats! Now you want to display it or wear it, right? It is always recommended to wash and iron the embroidered piece of art or clothing before wearing it. But do you know why? Also, do you know how to clean your embroidery the right way? For example, can you machine wash your embroidery, use bleach or dryer? Besides that, how to clean embroidery that is framed and can not be dipped into the water? Let’s answer all these questions about washing and cleaning hand embroidery and hand-embroidered clothes! First, let’s see why you should wash your hand embroidery? To…
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9 reasons why you should start embroidering
There are many reasons why people were embroidering for ages and why you should do that too. Hand embroidery is antique way to decorate fabric using a needle and thread. For centuries people used hand embroidery to decorate, mark and mend their clothes, religious objects, household objects, and even shoes. Now, in the 21 st century, hand embroidery is making a come back from traditional to on-trend, as it was said in the article of The Telegraph. Many designers are reinventing the ways to use embroidery in their collections. So, let’s take a look at the list of the reasons why also you should pick up this hobby right away. …
