Abstract: Modern folk clothing is not only a material carrier for embroidery technique, but also an important research foundation for it. On the basis of observation, statistics and analysis of modern fork embroidered costumes which were collected by Shanghai "Feng Song Tang" Museum and Shen Shou Embroidery Institute in Nantong, we mainly studied the encroaching satin stitch and parallel long and short stitch. We compared the two stitches through related theories knowledge in order to explore the difference and linkages between them in the aspect of production process and performance effects. Then we further analyzed the two needles’ restrictive, special and comprehensive in the performance combined with physical clothing colors, fabrics and other factors. This study has practical significance of inheriting valuable Chinese traditional craftsmanship, it also has reference significance of decoration technique in fashion design today.

Key words: folk costume , encroaching satin stitch , parallel long and short stitch , way of expression