Today's embroidery techniques are mainly divided into two categories, one is hand embroidery that inherits ancient traditions, and the other is machine embroidery that is full of modern flavor. So, what is the difference between the two?

1. Material selection

The thread used for hand embroidery is a thread made of silk, with a natural luster. For a hand-embroidered picture, due to the craftsmanship, threads of different thicknesses are needed to embroider the picture.

The thread used for machine embroidery is made of chemical fiber material and is relatively smooth. The thread used in the embroidery picture cannot be broken due to technological reasons, so the whole picture is of the same thickness, which makes the effect look rather dull.

2. Pin

Because it is embroidered manually, it is impossible for the embroiderer to have the same stitch length when embroidering.

The embroidery threads of machine embroidery are arranged neatly and orderly, and their positions are very regular.

3. The back of the embroidery

Due to the craftsmanship of hand embroidery, there are few stitches on the back.

The back of machine-embroidered embroidery is densely connected. It is also full-embroidered embroidery. The front of machine-embroidered embroidery has thick and hard feelings on the front, which is not as soft and comfortable as the hand-embroidered embroidery surface.

4. Embroidery weight

Hand embroidery is made of natural silk, coupled with the special production process, even if it is full embroidery, the quality of the whole piece of embroidery is lighter and softer.

Since machine-embroidered embroidery uses synthetic chemical fiber thread, the thread cannot be broken during the production process, so the back is full of wires, so the quality of the embroidery piece is very heavy.

Generally, the weight difference between hand-embroidered and machine-embroidered pieces of the same pattern is more than 3 times.

5. Select the material

Hand-embroidered patterns use a wide range of materials, and patterns of any material and theme can be imitated at present.

Due to the craftsmanship of machine embroidery, the effect that can be embroidered at present is better and the subject matter is limited.

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