Embroidery

MARVELOUS VIETNAM TRADITIONAL

EMBROIDERY ART

Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. In this way, it has been practiced for decades.

The origin of embroidery can be dated back to Cro-Magnon days or 30,000 BC. During a recent archaeological find, fossilized remains of heavily hand-stitched and decorated clothing, boots, and a hat were found.

Vietnamese embroidery is more than 700 years old. Over time, some people liked embroidery more, and then it became less popular, but it has always been important to show what Vietnamese people believe and value.

In a charming village named Mau Luong in Vietnam, you'll find people of all ages enthusiastically practicing embroidery. It's a beautiful sight where older, experienced artisans teach the younger generation, passing on their wisdom to ensure this tradition thrives for years to come.

To get started with embroidery, you need a few special things like colorful thread and needles. Beginners usually begin with straightforward stitches like making outlines, crosses, and small flower shapes. As you get better, you can try fancier stitches like satin stitches, which give your work a smooth and shiny appearance.

By combining traditional embroidery techniques with creativity and the aesthetic eye of the embroiderers, the works include exquisitely harmonious colors and subtle textures to each line. However, the road to mastering the craft of embroidery wasn't as smooth as silk. To be able to embroider such meticulous and soulful patterns, the artisan has had to practice for years

Nowadays, apart from home interior decoration items such as bedding, tablecloths, curtains, napkins, doilies ... hand embroidery is also widely used in the fashion field like backpacks, wallets, bags, clothes, baby bibs, masks, and belts, etc.

With the remarkable technological development today, embroidery machines have become very sophisticated but they still can not replace the meticulous imperial embroidery made by hand. Hand embroidery is a beautiful art that almost anyone can learn. It is an art that should be preserved and well worth learning.

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