Surface embroidery is any form of embroidery in which the pattern is worked by the use of decorative stitches and laid threads on top of the foundation fabric or canvas rather than through the fabric; it is contrasted with canvas work.Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992).
Much free embroidery is also surface embroidery, as are a few forms of counted-thread embroidery such as cross stitch.
Forms of surface embroidery Applique Art needlework Crewel embroidery Cross stitch Goldwork Jacobean embroidery Stumpwork
Examples of surface embroideries Bayeux Tapestry Quaker tapestry
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Embroidery Stitch Tutorials