John Deer\u2019s Adorable Ideas, you first need to know a little about the history of embroidery.<\/p>\n
Did you know that embroidery began over 3000 years ago?<\/strong><\/p>\n Hand embroidery began with the Ancient Egyptians. It became more prolific in the Middle Ages, and expanded to tapestries, laces, curtains, and bed covers during the Renaissance Period. The invention of the embroidery machine (replacing the work done by hand), came about in the 1800\u2019s. One of the best known of these embroidery machines was a Schiffli<\/a>, created in 1873 by Isaac Groebli of Switzerland. This machine was based on the principals introduced by the newly invented sewing machine. Groebli\u2019s machine utilized the combination of a continuously threaded needle and shuttle containing a bobbin of thread. The shuttle itself looked similar to the hull of a sailboat. “Schiffli” in the Swiss dialect of the German language, means “little boat”. John Deer\u2019s Adorable Ideas grew out of his grandparent\u2019s commercial Schiffli loom embroidery factory started in the 1950\u2019s. John tells the story of the history of his family and how embroidery machines eventually became digitized in this video:<\/p>\n