Embroidery
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Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather,
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Slang term for a hymenorrhaphy, or a reconstruction of the [hymen]. It involves [stitching] up the broken pieces of the hymen (the vaginal membrane) or [recreating] an artificial hymen using vaginal lining. A less intrusive version of this procedure involves inserting a blood capsule into the vagina that will burst during intercourse.
This procedure is usually undergone to recreate a proof of virginity before a wedding. -
The art or pastime of embroidering cloth.
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The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
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elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
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decorative needlework
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The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.
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Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on caps, hats, coats, overlays, blankets, dress shirts, denim, dresses, stockings, scarfs, and golf shirts. Embroidery is available in a wide variety of thread or yarn colour.
Some of the basic techniques or stitches of the earliest embroidery are chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, and cross stitch. Those stitches remain the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today. -
diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration
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