Chinese Suzhou Embroidery Artist - Cai Meiying

Cai Meiying, senior industrial artist in Suzhou city, was born in 1965 in Zhenhu Suzhou, the hometown of silk embroidery in China. She loved to do embroidery work when she was a little girl. Influenced by her mother and other elders...

Embroidery Artist Cai Meiying

 

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How to Make Chinese Suzhou Embroidery - Crisscross Stitch

Crisscross stitch is a new embroidery technique created by Suzhou embroidery artists. In this type of needlework, the stitches and colors are used as freely and flexibly as the artist wishes. Therefore there is more room for creativity...

crisscross stitch

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How to Make Chinese Suzhou Embroidery - Scale Stitch

Scale stitch is an embroidery technique that uses short stitches to embroider bird feathers and fish scales. The scale stitch is made on completed piece of embroidery. It must be used together with the plain or flat stitch...

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How to Make Chinese Suzhou Embroidery - Tie Stitch

Tie stitch is a decorative stitching technique. It must be used together with the flat stitch in the plain embroidery, and is usually used to embroider the claws of the poultry and birds, litchi shells, and more...

tie stitch

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