Masaba Gupta

When I was growing up, I always saw brides around me under tremendous stress. The pressure to dress a certain way, wear a certain amount of jewelry and make-up... I saw how uncomfortable it was. So I decided that, if I do get married, I'll be someone who puts comfort first, and then looks at her options for cut, color, embroidery or jewelry.

Indian Designer

Naeem Khan

The design process usually starts as a fantasy, with ideas that I dream of and visualize. These ideas become a reality by bringing various ingredients together, from the lifestyle of my bride, her age and sex appeal, to the textures of the finest fabrics and embroideries that we produce in my family factories in India.

Jamie Hewlett

My mum was into pottery and embroidery, very artistic, and she knew some people from the college, which I think was how I got into it. My dad, who was a head-hunter, was also an incredible artist, and when he was very young, he was a really good cartoonist.

English Artist

Said Nursi

Nature is a divine art; it cannot be the artist. It is a dominical book and cannot be the scribe. It is an embroidery and cannot be the embroiderer. It is a register and cannot be the accountant. It is the law and cannot be the power.

Turkish Theologian

Lynn Abbey

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

American Author

R. Buckminster Fuller

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.

American Inventor

Neha Dhupia

Ritu Kumar's clothes are totally great. Her embroidery is perfect. She lives up to her name over and over again.

Indian Actress

Mao Zedong

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.

Chinese Leader

Dries van Noten

I'm known for color and prints and embroideries.

Belgian Designer

Gina Barreca

The '60s had edge; the '70s had embroidery.

American Comedian

Embroidery is often treasured in cultures as a traditional craft, reflecting heritage and artistic ability.

Cultural Craft

Embroidery as a craft can be self-taught or learned in classes, showcasing creativity and patience.

Creative Skill

Embroidery applies to more materials than just fabric; it can include items like hats, bags, and shoes.

Not Just Fabric

Embroidery as decoration enhances the aesthetic of objects, adding value and beauty.

Visual Ornamentation

In clothing, embroidery can be a fashion statement, often signaling sophistication or traditionalism.

Fashion Statement

Embroidery is used figuratively to describe adding imaginative details that may not be true.

Figurative Use

When used metaphorically, embroidery suggests paying close attention to the details in narrative.

Attention to Detail

Be aware that 'embroidery' in storytelling may indicate potential exaggeration or fabrication.

Skeptic's Alert

 Heroin, cocaine, we used to get stuff in the embroidery of this, inside the lining. A lot of times, what they try to do is nickel and dime. So they'll put little baggies of coke inside of little handicrafts. You always got to check. You gotta cut it open. This one is what it is. OFFICER All right, I've seen enough.

Cocaine Shipment at JFK...

 working for her embroidery business. And then, when she had to transport all of the embroidery goods from the village to the marketplace, she needed someone to help her do the transport, so she hired her husband. So now they're in it together.

Sheryl WuDunn: Our...

 Adjusting her disguise, Zhu Yingtai prepared to bid her parents goodbye. She had always been a dutiful daughter— staying home and creating works of embroidery that brought her parents pride.