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Method for sew edge of embroidered insole

The stitch method of embroidering the edge of insole is plain stitch embroidery.

Plain needle embroidery is one of the traditional embroidery methods of Han nationality, which belongs to the embroidery methods of Guangdong embroidery and gold and silver thread. This is a method of sewing objects into short stitches with different wool on parallel gold and silver threads. Flat stitch is to arrange the embroidery threads evenly and neatly in the pattern, without overlapping, exposing the bottom, and pulling the wires with the same weight, so as to achieve the artistic effect of uniform, neat, flat and dense stitch on the surface of embroidery.

In order to get more variety, gold thread can alternate with silver thread and be embroidered with different wool. The embroidery method is the same as that of Su embroidery "Ping Jin". Plain stitch is an embroidery method that uses gold and silver thread instead of silk thread. The method: firstly, lay gold thread or silver thread on the embroidery ground, and then needle it with short silk thread. Every needle gauge is one and a half minutes, and it is circuitously filled according to the embroidery pattern, including two or three rows and several rows.

In the footwear family, China embroidered shoes are the perfect combination of shoe culture and embroidery art, and the original handicraft of the Chinese nation. This kind of practical product rooted in national culture is praised as "China shoes" by the world. In this ancient land of China, since matriarchal society was transformed into paternal society, there has been a social division of labor between men and women.

Women in past dynasties passed on the ancient embroidery skills from generation to generation, and appealed about the aesthetic concepts, cultural traditions, ethics and fashion values of each dynasty in shoes that were not square feet.