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Schiffli Embroidery is an intricate lace treatment where designs are sewn onto a netting base using the schiffli embroidery machine. The schiffli machine is a variation on the sewing machine. It embroiders with a front thread and a bobbin thread (yarn at the back of the cloth) which form together a lock stitch, similar to that of a sewing machine.
Delphique’s spellbinding range of embroidery products are crafted exclusively through schiffli machines.
It’s a continuous pattern which covers the whole width and length of the goods being embroidered from selvage to selvage, with a similar design. The allover can consist of a special start and a special end pattern.
Eyelets or Borer Holes are small holes or perforations, usually rimmed with metal, cord, fabric, or leather, used for fastening with a cord or hook. They are made in various shapes, viz. triangles, squares, circles etc. To complete the effect, stitches are put along the outside of the borer hole.
Alternate colours embroidery is a process of stitching two colour designs by combining two colours in each figure without the tedious work of changing colours.
The use of Multi colour dyed yarn is another possibility to produce colourful embroidery on a standard machine. It’s a single yarn dyed with several different colours. Multi colour dyed designs can be easily identified because colour changes appear in the middle of an effect. The colour changes look different in every repeat.
Guipure, also known as Chemical Embroidery is a machine-made lace with a heavy gimp motif connected by bars and without mesh grounds. The process involves running a design on a fabric, which is removed after the fabric is unspanned so that nothing but the stitch is left.
Embroidery in Allover Guipure designs follows the same designing procedure as in Lace Guipure designs, the only difference being the pattern covers whole width and length of the goods being embroidered.
Embroidery on net is a needle lace created by darning on a ground of knotted net or netting.
The addition of a second fabric during the embroidery process is called appliqué embroidery. The application fabric is attached with the base fabric from the beginning but is rolled up and fixed on the upper roller while the base fabric is embroidered. Then front yarn is cut, application fabric is spanned and the rest of the design is embroidered.
Metallic yarns add vivid detail to designs with a distinct sheen and glitter of their own. Strong and durable in make, these yarns come in varied colours including gold, silver, emerald, green apple, slate, sapphire, mauve, bronze, copper etc.
Borders are embroidery patterns that define the edges of a fabric used for any functional purpose. Embroidered borders engage great skill and precision as it is not easy to line the fine edges of a cloth. A host designs in various shapes and sizes are employed to be used as borders.
