Talk:Embroidery

message: Quilting isn't a form of embroidery, but they are both forms of needlework.  PKM 02:55, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Quilting, embroidery, needlework

message: habdjdnud-->nvdtr
I've done what I can to fix.  The text is now right, but one of the pictures is broken.  Its better then it was, anyway.
I'm fair to tired to fix it now, will try to do later, after I've slept.
Nb - yes, I forgot to sign the first post.  Sorry.
24.67.68.118 (talk) 07:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What was wrong with the link to a page on ecclesiastical embroidery? 

message: I have no strong feeling one way or the other about the format of the Gallery, but I do feel strongly that this article needs major, major expansion.  I think it should be a survey of embroidery styles and techniques with a world-wide view and historical sweep.  One of our challenges in textile arts articles has been blending the needs/interests of contemporary needleworkers with an anthropological/scholarly perspective. I'd also like to see the gallery contain both whole garments/textiles and close-ups of the stitching used to deliver the effect.  This would require a team effort; do we have enough editors to make a formal collaboration? - PKM (talk) 18:26, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree it needs expansion -- as do many textile topics here at WP, but I can't be of much help, except maybe on historic topics & illos. People might look at Marla Mallett's site  -- except I see she doesn't really cover embroidery. All the other Central Asian techniques are here, though. Great photos, too. Must get her book... Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 19:48, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Structuring this article

message: From Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Photo_galleries:
:In general, galleries are discouraged in main article namespace; historically, such galleries are more often deleted than kept. As a result, there are relatively few namespace galleries in the encyclopedia and good reasons must be given for creating them. The determination of whether a gallery should be incorporated into an article or created at the Commons should be discussed on the article's talk page. Consider instead linking to a gallery on Wikimedia Commons – see this page for more details.
Since a gallery already exists on Wikimedia Commons, the gallery in this article is not needed.  Please expand the article by adding sourced text; with more informative text then perhaps some of the images from the gallery would be useful in specific sections.  Regards, DurovaCharge! 16:16, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the Commons gallery is a good substitute for this one. As to policy, this is currently being debated, and seems overly-restrictive to me. Agree it would be better to expand the article.... Best for 2009, Pete Tillman (talk) 02:26, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I happen to do a lot of image work and don't see adequate justification here for the gallery--especially at oversized proportions. DurovaCharge! 02:54, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gallery 

message: This article no longer has galleries, but since there was discussion here, I thought I'd mention that we have an updated image use policy on galleries. - PKM (talk) 04:17, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Galleries

message: Hi am new to editing on wiki and would like to add organizations but cant work out how to do it
Would be nice to see some links from the southern hemisphere...
Association of New Zealand Embroiderers Guilds
http://www.anzeg.org.nz/
Embroiderers Guild of ACT
http://www.embroiderersact.org.au/
Embroiderers Guild of NSW
http://www.embgdnsw.org.au/ 
Embroiderers Guild of Queensland
http://www.embroiderersguildqld.org.au/
Embroiderers Guild of South Australia
http://www.embguildsa.org.au/
Embroidereres Guild of Victoria
http://www.embroiderersguildvic.org/
Embroiderers Guild of Western Australia
http://www.embroiderersguildwa.org.au/
Hobart Embroiderers Guild
http://www.embroideryhobart.com/
Many thanks
Patientlymade (talk) 23:47, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Not a directory.  We could add something for balance, but the aim isn't to represent every major guild. DurovaCharge! 00:02, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  -- but feel free to write articles for any of these you feel are WP:notable! Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 05:07, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding organizations 

message: I would like to add this link to the Victoria and Albert Museum website 
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/features/embroidery/index.html
It covers a variety of areas of embroidery. VAwebteam (talk) 13:06, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, seems a good link. Johnbod (talk) 19:56, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Adding a link

message: In the first paragraph of this section, the third sentence, I changed "is recommended for" to "is used on", but, looking at the list of items that follows this, I wonder why this sentence is here at all.  I don't understand why items such as stockings and golf shirts is here while items such as skirts and headbands are not.  I wonder if someone could come up with a more accurate, more informative sentence here, or whether it should be deleted.CorinneSD (talk) 18:34, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questionable or Vague Information 

message: The recently added section on China began with the curious preface "(The article reprinted from The history of embroidery, Spring Flower, http://www.lace8.com/new/embroidery-history.html)". The original article is not accompanied by a CC-by-SA license, so I have removed it from the Wikipedia article. It is also unclear where the original may have come from, and whether it may be relied upon, as it is in English, unsigned, from a Chinese commercial company. If better sources can be found, a properly paraphrased and referenced account may be added to the article. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:34, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed CopyVio section on China 

message: I think the material on Berlin work should be moved or deleted. The section is on classification and the information on Berlin wool work just talks about what it is, as opposed to how it relates to the families of embroidery. However, as you see in my previous edit, it could be used as a foundation for speaking about types of embroidery in regards to coverage of material (bargello, silk pictures vs spot motifs).Ehgarrick (talk) 12:06, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  By all means move it to a different section, new if need be. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:50, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, in the article by Mary Corbet I found, in which she muses about this very article, she agrees there are three broad classifications: free, counted and canvas. However, I think the information on Berlin may be a little more detailed than needed.  The other option is to pad out the sections on free and counted.Ehgarrick (talk) 21:58, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canvas Work/Berlin Work 

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thread_title:  [[:File:Cover, silk embroidery on cotton. Iran, Caucasus; 1st half of 18th century. Stored at The David Collection, inventarnummer 37-1969.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: I think it could be better to talk more history about this and also how this technique improve the society at that time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.41.197.222 (talk) 20:43, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can find a reliable source which asserts this you are welcome to add it Lyndaship (talk) 16:24, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  suggestion 

message: While historically viewed as a pastime, activity, or hobby, intended just for women, embroidery has often been used as a form of biography. Women who were unable to access a formal education or, at times, writing implements, were often taught embroidery and utilized it as a means of documenting their lives. [1] In terms of documenting the histories of marginalized groups, especially women of color both within the United States and around the world, embroidery is a means of studying the every day lives of those whose lives largely went unstudied throughout much of history. [2]
 Murphy, A. Mary (July 2003). "The Theory and Practice of Counting Stitches as Stories: Material Evidences of Autobiography in Needlework". Women's Studies. 32: 641 – via EBSCOhost.
van der Merwe, Ria (November 2017). "From a silent past to a spoken future. Black women's voices in the archival process". Archives and Records. 40: 239–258. 
Allison OSU (talk) 19:39, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: You should try to globalize the USA-centric language here, or specify the US. Johnbod (talk) 02:23, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. Please see edits above and let me know what you think. Allison OSU (talk) 20:05, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Better, thanks. Johnbod (talk) 22:12, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I really appreciate your feedback and assistance! Allison OSU (talk) 05:26, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: I'd like to add the following to the History section, along with the relevant citations to the citation section

message: Embroidery can be done easily without stress just if you know how 102.89.0.145 (talk) 19:05, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Embroidery 

message: This Qualifications section is odd—it mentions just one type of qualification, which appears to be available in only one country?  2603:7000:9300:4273:CD6F:8BC8:EE56:EFDA (talk) 04:23, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That was added in 2015 by an editor whose purpose seems to have been to insert Sage's name. At the time, :City and Guilds of London Institute may have offered a qualification in embroidery, however right now it's merely one technique mentioned in the Textiles qualification. But even if it were offered, I don't see the relevance. I've removed that section. Schazjmd (talk) 14:34, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Qualification section  

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