Introduction; General Information on Embroidery Techniques: Industrial Techniques; Craft Techniques; Traditional and Contemporary Techniques; Haberdashery; Common stitches; Textile Composition: The Individual Motif; Regular and Irregular Repeat Motifs; Textures and Blended Stitches; Stripes; Checks and Squares; Patchwork; Friezes, Bases, Borders, Frames; Specific Shapes; Beyond the Frame; Allover Designs; Giant Motifs, Panoramas; Derivations, Co-ordinates, Collections.