Video Tip: Manuel's Free-Motion Embroidery Technique

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Manuel's Free-Motion Embroidery Technique

An embroidered design starts with a drawing by designer Manuel and ends with the skilled hands and feet and knees of free-motion embroiderer Pancho Martinez

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Manuel, the master of Western costume, eschews digitized, you-watch/it-sews embroidery machines, but he can. He has a 25-year partnership with Pancho Martinez, who performs free-motion machine embroidery "like a hurricane." This video won't teach you how to master the art, but you can peek in Manuel's Nashville shop and watch as Pancho sews a four-colored poppy bouquet in less than 10 minutes.

For a complete profile on this fashion legend, read "Meet Manuel, King of the Cowboy's Closet," in the October/November 2002 issue of Threads (#103).

For another glimpse into Manuel's shop watch the Video Tip Manuel's Piped Pockets.

Video: Gary Junken