embroidery hoops
1Embroidery hoop — Embroidery hoops and frames are tools used to keep fabric taut while working embroidery or other forms of needlework. HoopsAn embroidery hoop or (earlier) tambour frame consists of a pair of concentric circular or elliptical rings. The larger… …
2embroidery hoop — noun a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering • Syn: ↑tambour, ↑embroidery frame • Hypernyms: ↑framework * * * noun : either of two hoops fitting snugly one over the other for holding fabric taut while embroidering …
3embroidery frame — noun a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering • Syn: ↑tambour, ↑embroidery hoop • Hypernyms: ↑framework * * * embroidery frame, a frame on which material to be embroidered is fastened and stretched, so that it may not be drawn in the… …
4tam|bour — «TAM bur», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. a drum, especially a bass drum. 2. a drummer: »Twice a day, the tambour…would read aloud the latest dispatches in the village square (New Yorker). 3. a pair of hoops, one fitting within the other, for… …
5dress — /dres/, n., adj., v., dressed or drest, dressing. n. 1. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 2. clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 3. formal attire. 4. a particular… …
6Needlepoint — cushion Needlepoint is a form of counted thread embroidery in which yarn is stitched through a stiff open weave canvas. Most needlepoint designs completely cover the canvas. Although needlepoint may be worked in a variety of stitches, many… …
71860s in fashion — 1860s fashion in European and European influenced clothing is characterized by extremely full skirted women s fashions relying on crinolines and hoops and the emergence of alternative fashions under the influence of the Artistic Dress movement.… …
8History of clothing and textiles — Ladies making silk, early 12th century painting by Emperor Huizong of Song (a remake of an 8th century original by artist Zhang Xuan), illustrates silk fabric manufacture in China. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and …
9tambour — /tam boor, tam boor /, n. 1. Music. a drum. 2. a drum player. 3. Also called tabaret. a circular frame consisting of two hoops, one fitting within the other, in which cloth is stretched for embroidering. 4. embroidery done on such a frame. 5.… …
101550-1600 in fashion — Fashion in the period 1550 1600 in Western European clothing is characterized by increased opulence, the rise of the ruff, the expansion of the farthingale for women, and, for men, the disappearance of the codpiece.General trendsThe Spanish… …
