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The Royal School of Needlework book of embroidery : a guide to essential stitches, techniques and projects
This book is a rich source of embroidery techniques, stitches and projects, covering eight key subjects in detail: crewelwork, bead embroidery, stumpwork, canvaswork, goldwork, whitework, blackwork and silk shading. Containing all the trusted, bestselling content from the RSN Essential Stitch Guide series, plus a new section on mounting your finished work. Written by expert RSN graduate apprentices and endorsed by the RSN, the book contains clear step-by-step stitch guides, examples of contemporary and historical pieces and inspiring projects.
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The Use of Books for Buddhist Embroideries in Seventeenth-Century China: The Cases of Avalokiteśvara and Bodhidharma Designs
Buddhist women in traditional China used embroidery—considered the most feminine art form—to produce images of deities, allowing them to visualize their religious aspirations while adhering to the decorum expected in Confucian society. This paper examines three Buddhist embroidery designs: one visualized in Avalokiteśvara (1619) and two from a catalog of embroidery designs titled A Collection of Scattered Red Clouds (mid-seventeenth century). By analyzing their similarity to the images found in popular illustrated publications of the seventeenth century, this study explores how Buddhist iconography circulated across different media. Through a comparative analysis of the embroidered works and woodblock prints featuring Buddhist deities such as Avalokitesvara and Bodhidharma, I demonstrate that seventeenth-century Chinese women embroiderers often utilized contemporary woodblock prints as models for their devotional embroidered works. The publications that supplied the models for the embroiderers vary from one for a pronounced ritual value—Dharani Sutra of White-robed One—to one that is fundamentally non-religious and educational—a painting manual titled Canon of Painting. This variety highlights the breadth of reading materials that reached the inner chambers of Chinese women, enabling them to engage with religious visual culture beyond their domestic confines and express their spiritual devotion through artistic means.
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Embroidery : a maker's guide
Contains 15 step-by-step projects for crafters at all levels. Each one takes its cue from a different tradition, including English goldwork, Indian beetle-wing embellishment, Japanese kogin, and Irish whitework, as well as contemporary machine embroidery.
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Improved DenseNet-DCGAN for Enhanced Digital Restoration of Embroidery Cultural Heritage
At present, embroidery image restoration technology still has deficiencies in terms of color uniformity and detail restoration. To address these issues, the study improves the densely connected convolutional network and the deep convolutional generative adversarial network through spatial pyramid pooling, and proposes a novel method for embroidery image classification and restoration. The experimental results showed that the research method largely restored the details and colors of the original image and effectively addressed the uneven color issue. The average prediction accuracy, recall rate, and specificity of the image classification model on Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, and Shu embroidery reached 96.3%, 98.5%, and 99.4%, respectively. The structural similarity index of the image restoration model has reached 0.99. The restored image was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye in terms of details, texture, and color. The research method has significant advantages in classifying embroidery images and high-quality restoration tasks, and can provide reliable technical support for the digital protection and intelligent restoration of traditional embroidery cultural relics.
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Thread folk : a modern makers book of embroidery projects and artistic collaborations
\"This book features fifteen original and artist-inspired embroidery designs for experienced and novice stitchers alike. Author and fiber artist Libby Moore introduces vibrant patterns, fresh themes, and darling designs that elevate embroidery to appeal to the modern maker. From hoop designs to adorning clothing, cushions, and more, Moore's chic patterns bring a playful edge to embroidery. Along with unique original patterns, Moore also reveals exciting collaborations with other artists, including clothing designer Audrey Smit, and illustrators Alli Koch and Lauren Merrick.\"-- provided by publisher.
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Sustainable Design on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Miao Embroidery Pattern Generation and Application Based on Diffusion Models
Miao embroidery holds significant cultural, economic, and aesthetic value. However, its transmission faces numerous challenges: a high learning threshold, a lack of interest among younger generations, and low production efficiency. These factors have created obstacles to its sustainable development. In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI is expected to improve the efficiency of pattern innovation and the adaptability of the embroidery industry. Therefore, this study proposes a Miao embroidery pattern generation and application method based on Stable Diffusion and low-rank adaptation (LoRA) fine-tuning. The process includes image preprocessing, data labeling, model training, pattern generation, and embroidery production. Combining objective indicators with subjective expert review, supplemented by feedback from local artisans, we systematically evaluated five representative Miao embroidery styles, focusing on generation quality and their social and business impact. The results demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms the original diffusion model in terms of pattern quality and style consistency, with optimal results obtained under a LoRA scale of 0.8–1.2 and diffusion steps of 20–40. Generated patterns were parameterized and successfully implemented in digital embroidery. This method uses AI technology to lower the skill threshold for embroidery training. Combined with digital embroidery machines, it reduces production costs, significantly improving productivity and increasing the income of embroiderers. This promotes broader participation in embroidery practice and supports the sustainable inheritance of Miao embroidery. It also provides a replicable technical path for the intelligent generation and sustainable design of intangible cultural heritage (ICH).
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Mechanical Properties of Composites Reinforced with Technical Embroidery Made of Flax Fibers
The main purpose of the article is to present the new possibilities of producing composite reinforcement with the use of a computer embroidery machine. This kind of production is in line with the principles of sustainable development. The study below presents the results of strength tests of composites containing sevenfold embroidery systems. Each variant included different directions of arrangement of individual layers as a reinforcement. Flax roving was used to strengthen the composite. Flax fibers are characterized by the highest strength among all-natural fibers, at the level of 50–80 cN/tex. The composite was made using the vacuum bag method, using epoxy resin. The embroidery was made on a ZSK embroidery machine, type JCZA 0109-550. The test material was subjected to strength tests—tensile strength, tensile elongation, and bending strength, on the INSTRON machine. Based on the research, it can be concluded that the arrangement of the roving in the direction of the tensile force allowed to obtain the best mechanical properties.
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30 day challenge : embroidery : a day-by-day guide to learn new stitches and create beautiful designs
\"30 Day Challenge : Embroidery is an easy-to-follow program for beginning stitchers to learn embroidery basics, master new stitches, and create dozens of modern embroidery projects\"-- Provided by publisher.
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RETRACTED: The significance of creating embroidery patterns from art decoration techniques in the field of sewing - knitting
See the retraction notice E3S Web of Conferences 538 , 00001 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202453800001
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