Sewing needle

Thread through the eye of a No.5 sharp needle

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Bone sewing needle, Early Neolithic period, Xinglongwa Culture

Metal container for pins from the second half of the 20th century. From the Museo del Objeto del Objeto collection

Long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole to hold the sewing thread.

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Beadwork

A string of blue faience beads from north Lisht, a village in the Memphite region of Egypt, c. 1802–1450 B.C.

Polar bear made of pearl beads, an example of a modern beadwork project

Modern beaded flowers, yellow made in the French beading technique and pink in the Victorian beading technique.

Russian Countess Olga Orlova-Davydova wearing a heavily beaded kokoshnik at the Masquerade Costume Ball of 1903

Examples of contemporary Native American beadwork

An elephant mask decorated with glass beads by the Bamileke people in Bandjoun, Cameroon c. 1910–1930

Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing them onto a thread or thin wire with a sewing or beading needle or sewing them to cloth.

Decorative box

Form of packaging that is generally more than just functional, but also intended to be decorative and artistic.

18th-century German gold and mother of pearl snuff box

Chinese mother of pearl lacquer box with peony decor Ming Dynasty

Elizabeth E Copeland (1866–1957) covered box, circa 1915 metalwork, silver and cloisonné, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Snuff box with a miniature portrait of King Léopold II from the collection of the King Baudouin Foundation

Coffin-shaped snuff box made from sheet copper, raised, tinned inside and engraved. 1792, Victoria and Albert Museum

It is usually fitted with a tray divided into many small compartments for needles, reels of silk and cotton, and other necessaries for stitchery.

Redditch

Town, and local government district, in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately 15 mi south of Birmingham.

Commemorative pavement plaque in Alcester Street

The former Redditch Bus Station, circa 1996

In the 19th century, it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry.

Embroidery

Laid threads, a surface technique in wool on linen. The Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century.

Detail of embroidered silk gauze ritual garment. Rows of even, round chain stitch used for outline and color. 4th century BC, Zhou tomb at Mashan, Hubei, China.

A pair of Chinese shoes for bound 'lily' feet

Embroidered book cover made by Elizabeth I at the age of 11, presented to Katherine Parr

19th century women's thobe from Ramallah

Multi-colored crewel wool threads on a panel of linen warp and cotton weft, 18th century English

Commercial machine embroidery in chain stitch on a voile curtain, China, early 21st century.

Japanese free embroidery in silk and metal threads, contemporary.

Hardanger, a whitework technique. Contemporary.

Traditional embroidery in chain stitch on a Kazakh rug, contemporary.

English cope, late 15th or early 16th century. Silk velvet embroidered with silk and gold threads, closely laid and couched. Contemporary Art Institute of Chicago textile collection.

Extremely fine underlay of St. Gallen Embroidery

Traditional Turkish embroidery. Izmir Ethnography Museum, Turkey.

Decorated Easter eggs from the Luhansk region of Ukraine

Gold embroidery on a gognots (apron) of a 19th-century Armenian bridal dress from Akhaltsikhe

Uzbekistan embroidery on a traditional women's parandja robe.

Woman wearing a traditional embroidered Kalash headdress, Pakistan.

Bookmark of black fabric with multicolored Bedouin embroidery and tassel of embroidery floss

Chain-stitch embroidery from England circa 1775

Traditional Bulgarian Floral embrodery from Sofia and Trun.

Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.

Upholstery

Work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers.

Armchair, designed in 1869 by George Jacob Hunzinger and patented on March 30, 1869. Wood, original upholstery. Brooklyn Museum

An upholstered chair ready to be covered with the decorative outer textile.

Upholstery needles (round point curved needles and button needles)

Quilting is the term given to the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longarm quilting system.