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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finnclouds, post: 9732987, member: 84680&quot;]Thank you!&nbsp; Very useful to know! I assume the distinction matters mostly in vintage and antique, art etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The store that sells these pillowcases in different colors, as we speak, claims they are <i>handmade</i> in Kashmir so may well have been stitched by some sort of machine— especially if changing the thread/yarn and varying e.g. the stitch length is easy.&nbsp; There is a great variation in even the thickness of the thread/yarn here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m so inept at using my own sewing machine —changing stitch length, tension etc etc and feeding the fabric,&nbsp; not to mention changing the thread color, which is major operation for me—that I often find it easier and quicker to sew something by hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit. Added a link that shows the backside of some old hand-embroidery. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.needlenthread.com/2012/08/other-side-hand-embroidery.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.needlenthread.com/2012/08/other-side-hand-embroidery.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.needlenthread.com/2012/08/other-side-hand-embroidery.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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