Fast fashion is gradually losing its appeal in modern life, giving way to elegant, nostalgic handmade products such as hand embroidery. Grasping the trends and needs of followers, many hand embroidery classes are organized by artisans, craftsmen, and fashion designers.
Opened at embroidery workshops, coffee shops or fashion shops, hand embroidery workshops dominate both in quantity (classes, students, compared to other fashion workshops) and "hotness", naturally becoming the "cradle" that nurtures the passion and creativity of modern women.
The online course of artisan Nguyen Thi Hang (Hanoi) has no limit on class hours. Here, students learn basic embroidery techniques, practice many patterns and motifs on many materials, and can confidently decorate dresses or create simple paintings.
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Inspire and connect
To meet the needs of embroidery learning for male and female followers, many workshops have been opened with very low costs (only a few hundred thousand per course or each practical session). There are units that open free workshops just to spread the beauty of embroidery, connecting with followers who love the art of hand embroidery such as Tu Thi Design...
The hand embroidery class of artisan Nguyen Thi Hang (Lac Long Quan Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi) is very busy. If studying online, the learning tools are sent to the student's home, the student just needs to join the group to get the available video, open it and practice. If studying offline (at the showroom, about 5 - 15 people), each session only learns 1 sample, practicing on the dress or fabric that the student brings. With detailed instructions from how to choose needles, thread, stretch the fabric to the first embroidery stitches such as cross stitch, hem stitch, after the class, the student will have finished embroidering the dress, and can wear it right away.
Many places that offer embroidery classes also have shops that sell beautiful, cheap embroidery tools. Embroidery kits, instruction books, and videos cost only about 100,000 - 300,000 VND. Some shops even sell pre-printed fabric, so you just need to embroider over it, which is both beautiful and easy.
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Belonging to many ages and professions, the students - young female students, office workers, housewives, health workers, police officers, court officials (stressful occupations). Hands busy moving needles, eyes attentively watching the model, mouths happily chatting about beautiful embroidery patterns, fashion trends, home matters, the classroom space is therefore very intimate and close.
Artisan Nguyen Thi Hang said: "With heavy life pressures, many people turn to embroidery as a way to relieve stress and find something new. Focusing on embroidery stitches and patterns, embroiderers can forget about trivial worries and balance their lives. Hand embroidery is actually a very effective form of active meditation...".
Through workshops, women learn to embroider dresses and cute accessories such as mirrors, bags, headbands, masks... and even notebooks, wallets...
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Ms. Huong, an accountant in Hanoi, said that her professional work is quite monotonous. To change the atmosphere and make more friends outside the office, she initially joined marathons (as recommended by the company). Later, when fashion workshops were popular, she registered for online classes and attended offline exchanges.
The vibrant embroidered colors, elegant floral patterns, and nostalgic hand-embroidered outfits attracted her. She said: "Showing off embroidery patterns to friends and decorating clothes by myself brings new joy. Learning embroidery makes me make more friends, we talk about fashion together, and we join communities to learn, which is very fun...".
An offline embroidery class by artisan Nguyen Thi Hang
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"Of course, not everyone who learns can embroider well, but we can "help" each other. In the group, whoever can embroider a beautiful picture will embroider a picture, whoever can embroider a beautiful flower will embroider a flower. The price for "helping" embroidering is "internal", so it's like having a cheap "service" to decorate things without having to search hard. Many skillful sisters in my class also do professional embroidery after finishing their studies, earning a lot of money," Ms. Huong said.
Traditional hand embroidery art is closer to modern life through workshops
In recent years, hand embroidery classes have become an inspiring destination for those who love traditional costume decoration. They join workshops to learn new skills, explore their creativity, refresh modern costumes and even earn a living by doing a side job... Passionate about handicrafts and wanting to find joy in embroidering by hand, students have revived the art of hand embroidery and unique motifs.
"The embroidery workshops both convey techniques and inspire a love of handmade fashion, recalling classic yet sophisticated traditional fashion values in the modern fashion world," said Ms. Hang.
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Embroidery artist Nguyen Thi Hang said: "Recognizing the trend of women wanting to learn 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 small embroidery stitch is like a connection between classic and modern, bringing unique personalization to each item...".
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thoi-trang-tre/theu-tay-khoe-lai-qua-workshop-thoi-trang-cua-chi-em-185240928015756315.htm
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