Early History  | Pre-contact Embroidery  |  Post-contact
History Culture Design & Technique How To Artists Convocation   Glossary         Home	Pre-contact Sewing Evidence of pre-contact sewing exists, though it is rare.         Pre-contact Sewing     Brocade or Embroidery     Other Pre-contact Evidence         -Wall Paintings         -Designs         -Dyes         -Weaving Techniques Detail A needle made of the tip of a yucca leaf, with cotton thread twisted and caught by the fibers of the yucca, was found at Inscription House, north of the Hopi mesas. Also, some ancient textiles show signs of darning and patching. More Darning & Patching   Some items, such as the quiver mentioned in Aesthetics & Early Weaving Techniques, required the maker to sew together seams and different pieces of cloth before they could function as they were intended. Several ancestral Puebloan sites, all dating to 1100 A.D. to 1300 A.D., have yielded small pieces of simple embroidery stitches, including the running stitch, twined running stitch, and slanted running stitch. The last named serves as an overcast stitch when worked at the edge of a fabric. Running Stitch & Twined Stitch Twined Stitch Detail of the twined stitch (left) See more examples of embroidery stitches.
Early History  | Pre-contact Embroidery  |  Post-contact
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