Embroidery Designs From Ancient to the Latest

With its rich, ancient history, embroidery has nearly endless design variations, there are so many ethnically diverse and unique styles. The oldest known type going back 5000 years originating in Siberia using silk, which seems be the origin of thread embroidery as we know it today.

Over time the art became more refined and intricate and spread across the globe. Intricate techniques developed some using wonderfully expense gems, pearls and rare metals. The most well known being the Egyptian pharaoh and queen adornments.

These splendid works have left an everlasting impression on the designers and continue to inspire us today.

Although on the whole the exotic materials are used less the overall influence and trend set by the ancients is still prevalent and are even reproducible on a mass scale with today's computerized technologies.

The current fashion trends tend to be emulated through the cutting edge abilities of the large production plants, so what was not possible a year ago due to mechanical limitations for example can be executed now, simply because of technical advances. This helps drive the whole industry, the boundaries are being set only to be broken soon afterward.

For the average consumer though almost nothing is unachievable, the level of intricacy and speed of production is high enough for the most ambitious projects. Some factories can guarantee 10,000 pieces a week.

The basic steps for creating embroidery destined for an automated machine are:

Design a digital file in the correct format.

Load the file on the embroidery machine

Select and fix the suitable fabric onto the machine

Start embroidery machine