EmbroChet: A Hybrid Textile Fabrication Approach for 3D Personalized Handicraft via Heat-Shrinking
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Author(s)
Wang, Guanyun
Wang, Zhiqi
Li, Fanyu
Liu, Qinyang
Dong, Tianshu
Hong, Zixiang
Li, Xinyi
Zhu, Kuangqi
Li, Jiaji
Zhao, Xiaoliang
Date Issued
September 27, 2025
Publisher
ACM|The 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Citation
Guanyun Wang, Zhiqi Wang, Fanyu Li, Qinyang Liu, Tianshu Dong, Zixiang Hong, Xinyi Li, Kuangqi Eddie Zhu, Jiaji Li, Xiaoliang Zhao, and Ye Tao. 2025. EmbroChet: A Hybrid Textile Fabrication Approach for 3D Personalized Handicraft via Heat-Shrinking. In Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 132, 1–21.
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Abstract
We propose EmbroChet, a hybrid approach that bridges digital fabrication and textile craftsmanship, empowering individuals unfamiliar with intricate craft techniques to design and fabricate 3D textile handicrafts intuitively. EmbroChet allows the creation of handicrafts by embroidering chain stitches (a fundamental embroidery technique) onto a heat-shrinkable film, which subsequently self-transforms from a 2D composite to a 3D textile through a freely controllable heating triggering process. Through a single stitch type, the method enables custom designs and intricate geometries to be achieved without complex manual skills that often requires expertise between different stitch knowledge. To better demonstrate EmbroChet, we propose a design tool that includes shape-changing libraries to assist users in customizing 3D shapes. The evaluation demonstrates its unique strength in balancing geometric complexity and textile softness. Furthermore, our workshop verifies the feasibility of EmbroChet, exploring its potential for personalized textile fabrication, and synergizing the precision of digital fabrication with the tactile artistry of textile craftsmanship.
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UIST ’25, Busan, Republic of Korea
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3746059.3747763
