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1880s Russian court dress, embellished with silk fringe, velvet ruffles, and embroidery with glass crystals and silver sequins.
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Sandra Escacena wearing a dress with floral embellishments.
In sewing and crafts, an embellishment is anything that adds design interest to the piece.[1]
Examples in sewing and craft
- appliqué can be made by sewing machine of decorative techniques and or
- embroidery, done either by machine or by hand
- piping made from either self-fabric, contrast fabric, or a simply a cord.
- trim (sewing)
- lace, either pre-made or home-made
- Fringe (trim)
- beads
- batik
Items that normally serve a function may also be used as embellishment. For example:
- buttons can be placed anywhere on the piece
- zippers can be unzipped and be used as piping, or simply stitched on
- buckles can be placed anywhere on the piece
- grommets can be placed anywhere even when there is no cord is looped through them
- sequins can be placed anywhere
References
- ^ Threads magazine (12 November 2014). "19 Inventive Embellishment Ideas". threads. The Taunton Press, Inc. Retrieved 19 March 2019.