JSS3 Cultural and Creative Art (CCA) Lesson Note on Introduction to Embroidery

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TOPIC:      INTRODUCTION TO EMBROIDERY

• Meaning of embroidery
• Sources of embroidery
• Methods of transferring design

Embroidery is an art of making design on cloth with colorful threads. It is a craft for both men and women. This craft is done mostly on textile surface with needle and colorful threads. Embroidery is practiced on a large scale in many African countries like Nigeria among communities of the Hausa/Fulani, Nupe, Yoruba, Igbo etc. There are two types of embroidery; handicraft and machine-produced embroidery. Materials needed are needle, threads, paper or carbon paper.

Sources of Embroidery

Embroidery designs are derived from nature, flowers, environment and spider works.

EVALUATION

1. What is embroidery?
2. List two materials for embroidery design.

Methods of Transferring Design

1. Draw the design on paper.
2. Place carbon in between the paper and the cloth
3. Transfer the design by tracing it.
4. Sew thread along the line of design.

EMBROIDERY STITCHES

There are three types of stitches used in embroidery design. they are;

1. Chain stitch
2. Button hole stitch
3. crocheting

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