As Kristen Gula leans over her embroidery hoop, colorful flowers—from anemones to zinnias—sprout from the tip of her needle. Gula is the creator behind Gulush Threads, a modern hand embroidery company ...

India’s textile heritage is a story written in needle and thread. For centuries, artisans across different regions have created embroidery styles that are not just decorative, but deeply cultural, ...

As she begins to embroider flowers inside a vine leaf border, Uzbek artisan Mukhabbat Kuchkarova pulls the naturally dyed green silk thread through the cotton sheet. “I go to another world when I sew, ...

Traditional embroidery (chasu) in Korea has a history of more than 2,000 years. Since prehistoric times, the need for sewing led ancient Koreans to use needles made from fish or other animal bones to ...