I have a few friends of mine who have built a mini library of books in their homes… Book lovers!  I knew of a person who had built a library of CDs – movies and music.  You name it, he had it.

So what do we embroidery lovers do?  We build a library of embroideries.. How does one build it?  It is a little more complex since we cannot make use of any of the conventional techniques to construct this embroidery depository.

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There are some time tested methods used to classify or organise your embroidery library and the first and foremost is to demarcate between the physical crafts from the software downloadable formats.  The hand embroideries would form part of the set of designs which you would need to classify based on  type of embroidery or country of origin.  Here depending on the various patterns you have, you would need to take a decision.  For example, you could classify based on types like cross stitch, needlework, blackwork, cutwork, applique, dakota to name a few OR you could also categorize based on region – like Lucknowi Chikan, Gujarati mirrored embroidery, Chinese hand patterns, Hunan silk embroidery, Dongoria Kondh embroidery!  Depending on one’s own taste and liking, one could use creative methods to demarcate the embroidery patterns.

Machine embroidery formats are more easy to classify – We have the various formats like JEF, XXX, VIP, DST, HUS, SEW to name a few and all your embroidery designs could be ordered and listed based on the format.

The above completes your embroidery library and the same should be stored in a safe place away from moisture to ensure a long life!

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