Working procedure of embroidery in the textile industry | Types of embroidery design apply to the garment

Embroidery is one kind of craft of decorating design, which applies to garments according to various design. In the past embroidery was applied to dresses and fabrics like materials. However, now a day’s embroidery applies to blankets, dress shirts, denim, hats, coats, and stockings. 

In 1832 a man named Josue Heilmann invented the first embroidery machine which was a Hand operated Embroidery Machine. After that, the embroidery machine developed to the computerized automated embroidery machine. In the automated embroidery machine, they used some special type of software to create a desirable design and installed it to the machine for embroidery production. It starts to use for increasing bulk production of the textile industry.

Embroidery process in the textile industry

According to the type of application, embroidery can be classified into three major categories:

1. Surface embroidery
2. Counted embroidery
3. Needlepoint embroidery

Surface embroidery: Here embroidery design apply without consideration to the weave of the underlying fabric. Crewel, traditional Chinese and Japanese embroidery are the example of Surface embroidery.

Counted embroidery: In Counted embroidery, a pattern design through stitches over a preset number of threads in the main fabric. Some forms of blackwork embroidery and Cross-stitch are examples of Surface embroidery.

Needlepoint: Needlepoint is an embroidery technique, which is done on canvas or cloth with stitches filling the design.

Here is the list of some top used embroidery design apply on the garments for business purposes in the textile industry:

1.    White work embroidery,

2.    Gold work embroidery,

3.    Red work embroidery,

4.    Black work embroidery,

5.    Blue work embroidery,

6.    Void work embroidery,

7.     Shadow work,

8.    Chikankari embroidery,

9.    Chicken scratch embroidery,

10.   Pulled thread embroidery,

11.   Drawn thread embroidery,

12.   Hedebo embroidery,

13.   Hardanger embroidery,

14.   Crewel embroidery,

15.   Surface embroidery,

16.   Candlewick embroidery,

17.   Cross stitch embroidery,

18.   Sashiko embroidery,

19.   Huckaback embroidery,

20.  Eyelet Embroidery.

The special computerized software creates this type of embroidery design. Most used embroideries software are:

      1.  Embrilliance essentials embroidery machine software

      2.  Embrilliance enthusiast editing, design splitting & customizing embroidery machine software

      3.  Amazing designs letter it! Embroidery machine software

      4.  Amazing designs monogram it stands alone monogramming software

      5.  Amazing designs digitize n stitch software

      6.  Buzz Xplore v2 premier embroidery design management

      7.  1 x embrilliance thumbnailer 

      8.  Brother pe design plus embroidery digitizing/photo stitch software package

The embroidery design is very popular to people and buyer recommended it to the manufacturer to do this on the garments. In this case, they provided a design to the merchandiser. This design is reformed by the embroidery design expert in the software which enabled for the specific embroidery machine.

Working procedure of Embroidery design in the textile industry is given below:

The design received from the buyer by the merchandiser

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Design develop by the software

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Design installed in the machine for testing

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Start sample production

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Sample sent to the buyer for approval

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If ok, start the bulk production

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Quality inspection for shipment

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Delivery

Embroidery is an alternative design thought of printing method. In these cases, embroidery is more time consuming and costly process. So, garments that have embroidery design price is a little high than printed garments.

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