HISTORY OF

EMBROIDERY
 Embroidery is one of the needlecrafts that
uses a needle and a thread or yarn to create
beautiful embroidery designs into a fabric.
 If the stitches are sewn hard, the process is
called classic freehand embroidery; when
done using a machine, it is called machine
embroidery.
 Mostly, all of the embroidery designs you will see today in
shirts, uniforms, and jackets are machine-embroidered. With
this, the designs made on the products are perfectly done.

 It is believed that it was the primitive people

who started the foundation of embroidery when Clickthey
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discovered that threads could be derived through
animal sinews or plant fibers, and that needles could be
made from bones and ivory.

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 With this discovery, prehistoric people were
able to make their clothes from animal skin
stitched together to keep them warm and protect
them from possible harm.
 As time passed by, people became creative, and
they started to embellish their clothes, adding
some beads, stones, and bones as decorations.

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 The buttonhole stitch, which is present in today's time, has been
found as far back as 30,000 BCE. Clothing, which was decorated
with stone beads and animal teeth can be traced back even beyond
38,000 BCE.

 Metal needles, which are the most widely needed today, were
invented during the Bronze Age or 2000—800 BCE. Chain stitch,
which is one of the popular stitches used
in embroidery designs, came from China around 475—221
BCE.

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The oldest surviving embroidered pieces came from the
Egyptian tombs of King Tutankhamun shown at the hem
panels of the tunic clothes.

 One of the most famous crewelwork embroideries done with

worsted wool thread is the Bayeux Tapestry around 1077,
which depicts the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

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  In the 11th to 13th centuries, cross-stitch was very popular with
Western European noblewomen waiting for their husbands to
return from the Crusades.

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 In the Philippines, the beginning of
needlecraft can be traced back during the
Spanish period.
It was one of the important subjects
included in the curriculum for girls during
that time.

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 According to the Jesuit, Pedro Murillo Velarde (1734),
embroidery is one of the handicrafts perfected by the
Filipinos. It is not surprising that as early as the
nineteenth century, the Philippines was known for its
embroidery particularly in Europe.

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 The popular methods of hand embroidery developed
by Filipinos are calado, considered as the finest in the
world, and sombrado.
Embroidery is still practiced today and popular in
places, like Lumban, Laguna and Taal, Batangas

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calado