APPAREL MANUFACTURING – II 3(3+0)

Lesson 38 : Embroidery Machines

Introduction

Embroidery is an art from that uses close or over lapping stitches to form intricate, three dimensional, surface designs to embellish piece goods, trims or garments. Today embroidery is made by using advance technology to mass produce trims for the garment industry. Embroidery has evolved from a customized hand sewing process to computer controlled stitching for mass production.

Some of the first embroidery machines made it possible to apply names on individual garments, such as hats & shirts. This required a great deal of operator’s skill to manipulate garments & form the lettering. Modern embroidery machines only require the operator to place the garment or fabric to be embroidered. Embroidered designs may be applied directly to piece goods & finished garments or produced as individual emblems.