40 Times People Showed Off Their Best Embroidery Works

Embroidery has been around forever — the earliest surviving pieces of this craft are Scythian, dated to between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE. Virtually every culture has some form of it in their textile art history.

As artist couple Charles and Elin highlighted, the application of embroidery is endless: add some stitches to your shoes, clothes, or bags to upcycle their look. What's that, you want to decorate your walls? No problem, embroidery can help you do that too.

"Embroidery has become our life," Charles and Elin told Bored Panda. "But not just in the sense that it's our chosen vocation; it's so much more than that. On a stressed day, pick up a thread and needle, make a couple of stitches and you will immediately feel your body and mind begin to relax. On a happy day, pick up a thread and needle, make a couple of stitches and the creative endorphins will begin to dance. Embroidery isn't just an ancient craft, it is also a modern art form where you can express visual images in a touchable medium."

And there's no place that celebrates this craft as well as the subreddit r/Embroidery. With 430K members, this online community unites all enthusiasts of the trade who want to exchange tips, techniques, resources, ideas, and to show off their greatest works, of course. At this time, let's focus on the latter.