Fast fashion gradually loses its appeal in the pace of modern life, giving way to elegant, nostalgic handmade products such as hand embroidery. Grasping the trends and needs of believers, many hand embroidery classes of artisans, craftsmen, and fashion designers are organized.
Opened at embroidery workshops, coffee shops or fashion shops, hand embroidery workshops dominate both in terms of quantity (classes, attendees, compared to other fashion workshops) and “hotness”, naturally becoming “cradle” that nurtures the passion and creativity of modern women.
The online course of artisan Nguyen Thi Hang (Hanoi) has no limit on class sessions. Here, students learn basic embroidery techniques, practice many patterns and motifs on many materials, and can confidently decorate dresses or make simple paintings.
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Inspire and connect
To meet the needs of male and female followers to learn embroidery, many workshops have been opened at very low costs (only a few hundred thousand per course or per practical session). There are units that open free workshops just to spread the beauty of embroidery, connecting with lovers of hand embroidery art like Tu Thi Design…
The hand embroidery class of artisan Nguyen Thi Hang (Lac Long Quan Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi) is very bustling. If studying online, learning tools are sent to the student’s home, students just need to go to the group to get the available video, open it and practice. If studying offline (at a showroom, about 5 – 15 people), each session can only learn 1 sample, practiced on the dress or fabric the student brings. Meticulously guided from how to choose needle, thread, stretch fabric to the first embroidery stitches such as bucking stitch, hemming stitch, at the end of the class, students will have finished embroidering the dress and can wear it immediately.
In many places that offer embroidery classes, there are also many shops that sell very cute, cheap embroidery tools. Embroidery kits, instruction books and videos cost only about 100,000 – 300,000 VND. There are shops that also sell fabric with printed patterns, just embroidering it on top is both beautiful and easy.
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Of many ages, professions, and students – young female students, office workers, housewives, health officials, police, and courts (stressful profession). Hands are busy moving the needle, eyes are attentively looking at the mouth model, chatting happily about beautiful embroidery patterns, fashion trends, home affairs, and the classroom space is therefore very intimate and close.
Artisan Nguyen Thi Hang said: “Under heavy life pressure, many people turn to embroidery as a way to relieve their mood and find something new. Focusing on stitches and patterns, embroiderers can forget the chaos. petty things, balancing life, hand embroidery is actually a very effective form of active meditation…”.
Through wokshops, women know how to embroider dresses and cute accessories such as mirrors, briefcases, headbands, masks… and even notebooks, wallets…
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Ms. Huong, an accountant in Hanoi, said her professional job was quite monotonous. To change the atmosphere and have more friends outside the office, she initially took marathon sessions (as recommended by the company). ). After that, when fashion workshops flourished, she signed up to study online and attend offline exchanges.
The vibrant embroidered colors, elegant floral patterns, and nostalgic hand-embroidered outfits attracted her. She said: “Showing off your embroidery patterns to your friends, decorating your own dresses with your own hands, feels like a new joy. Learning to embroider makes me more friends, we can talk about fashion together, and invite each other to join communities to learn. It’s nice to ask…”.
An offline embroidery class by artisan Nguyen Thi Hang
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“Of course, not everyone who learns can embroider beautifully, but we can “help” each other. In the group, whoever embroiders beautiful pictures will embroider pictures, whoever embroiders beautiful flowers will embroider flowers, the “household” embroidery price is “internal” , it’s like there is a “service” to decorate cheap items without having to work hard to find them. In my class, many skillful women who finished studying also took up professional embroidery, earning a lot of money,” Ms. Huong said.
The traditional art of hand embroidery gets closer to modern life through workshops
In recent years, hand embroidery classes have been an inspirational destination for those who love traditional costume decoration. They participate in workshops to learn new skills, explore their own creativity, innovate modern clothes and even add side jobs to make a living… Passionate about arts and crafts, want to find joy in life. Embroidering by hand, students have revived the art of hand embroidery and unique motifs.
“Embroidery workshops both convey techniques and inspire a love of handmade fashion, recalling traditional, classic fashion values but full of sophistication in the modern fashion world,” Ms. Hang said.
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Embroidery artist Nguyen Thi Hang said: “Recognizing the trend of women interested in learning embroidery, I opened an embroidery class. Many women responded. In addition to being convenient for taking care of the family, it can be said that each Tiny embroidery stitches are like a connection between classic and modern, bringing unique personalization to each item…”.
