We humans have the unique ability to take something ordinary and add a little extra to it. While this interest of ours has culminated in a myriad of decorative art forms, embroidery is one of those that we’ve invested most of our time and effort in.

You’re already familiar with it even if the name sounds foreign. In simple terms, embroidery is the process of applying decorative designs onto fabric using a needle—these motifs are traditionally rendered in thread and are composed of different kinds of stitches.

Embroidery has existed, in some form, in virtually every population. Whether they’ve displayed it on clothing, home goods, or as an artwork, this is a timeless craft that has become an integral part of our material world. And the subreddit r/Embroidery has the pics to prove it.

This online community has 628K members, constantly showing off their best works, and many are so good, we think they deserve your attention as well. Continue scrolling to check out some of their latest projects and fire up our earlier publications on the subreddit here and here for more.

#1 Loving How This Fishnet Piece Came Out !

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#2 Made By Nikki Mcmullen

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#3 Finished My Most Ambitious Project To This Day. I Present To You My True To Size 3D Atlas Moth

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#4 My Most Ambitious Embroidery Project Yet!

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#5 “Knit 1 Purl 2. Knit 1 Purl 2. That’s Right!”

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#6 My Covid 19 Candid Internet Photo Inspired Embroidery

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#7 Tried My Hand At Monochrome Embroidery! I Used Dmc Étoile Floss For A Bit Of Added Dimension And Sparkle

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#8 A Couple Thousand French Knots & Endless Hours Later, I Finished This 22″ Star Chart! Really Pleased With How It Came Out

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#9 Llama Kuzco Is Finished! I’m So Thrilled With How This Turned Out!

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#10 Anybody Like Red Pandas? How About Fuchsia Ones?

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#11 All Finished! Forgot To Post It Earlier But It Took Me A Week To Finish. I Think It Looks Nice For Spring

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#12 Astronomer Here! I’ve Embroidered The Night Sky!

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#13 Newest 3” Hoop

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#14 First Design Of My Own With Embroidery. It’s Imperfect, But It’s My Favorite Piece Of Art I Now Own

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#15 My First Stab At Embroidery. Any Tips To Make It Look Less Like A Paint By Number?

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#16 New Embroidery Book Has A “Wrong Side” On Back Of Cover

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#17 Gift To Myself For My 28th Birthday (Self-Portrait)

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#18 Tried To Use Fabric To Represent The Bush- Does It Work?

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#19 Silly Rabbit

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#20 Happy World Tapir Day!

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#21 Some Of My Adventure Time Embroideries

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#22 Made A Little Hobbit Hole For My Sister In Law For Christmas!

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#23 Hand Embroidered Self Portrait

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#24 Bird On A Wire

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#25 My Non Embroidering Boyfriend Got A Kit And Made Me This Cross Stitch Pendant And It Really Blew Me Away. Happy Valentines Day

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#26 Made This For My Father, Who Loves To Make Ship Replicas And Paper Folding Geometric Crafts

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#27 Finished Up This Crow Yesterday

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#28 Due To Personal Reasons, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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#29 My Embroidery Diary Did Not Go Too Well

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#30 A Larger Bird’s Eye View Embroidery With French Knots & Satin Stitch. What Do You Think?

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#31 A New One

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#32 So So Proud Of The Result

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#33 Full-Length Hand Embroidery Of A Cat Is Ready

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#34 Barn Owl. Embroidered Bag

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#35 Ukrainian Embroidery All By My Grandmother

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#36 Lives Have Been – And Will Be – Lost To These Methods Thanks To Politicians Restricting Access To Safe Methods

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#37 Custom Chain-Stitched Rattlesnake On A Blue Velvet Jacket

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#38 Patrick Stewart Received The Portrait I Created Of Him, And Replied With A Thank You Note. Brb While I Turn Into A Puddle Of Glee

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#39 My Wild Thing Denim Vest Is Finally Done(?)

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#40 Psa For Anyone Who Needs To Be Reminded Of This Today

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#41 Medusssssa. So Happy With The Final Product. It Was Getting Dicey While Painting Her Face

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#42 Gay & Fruity

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#43 Polyphemus Moth Embroidery

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#44 My Star Wars Themed Embroidery Piece, Inspired By The Swamps Of Dagobah!

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#45 My Best Work Yet, For My Dear Friend And Her Husband. I Can’t Wait To Give It To Them!

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#46 Nazca Lines, Soooo Many French Knots Because I Wanted The Figures Sunken (Like The Real Ones In Peru’s Pebbly Desert Floor)

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#47 I Embroidered Some Shoes For An Ocean-Loving Friend’s Birthday

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#48 Willow Tree In Summer

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#49 Progress Pic: Landscape Thread Painting. This Is Taking Forever!

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#50 Finally Finished My First Embroidery Based On My Own Design And Really Proud Of Myself

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#51 Lotus Pickers Done With French Knot Stitching. Took A Lot Of Time. What Do You Think?

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#52 Finally Finished This Design, All My Favourite Florals

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#53 So. Many. Knots. Happy Easter!

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#54 This Is The Proudest I’ve Felt In A Long Time

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#55 My First Embroidery Of 2022!

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#56 Quick Little Project Celebrating The Reawakening Of The Forest Floor

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#57 Lil Microscope

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#58 Someone Recently Called Me Bob Floss

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#59 Entering The Town Of Twin Peaks

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#60 Hi!

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#61 Some More Monochrome Embroidery! These Textures Are Very Enjoyable To Work With!

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#62 Green Cheek Conure On Tulle. The Little Feet Tickle Me Pink. Beth Carroll Art

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#63 Satin Stitches Wonky After Wash – How Can I Help Them?

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#64 Meowwwww , 1 Strand On 8” Hoop

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#65 And He’s Done. Alfred Molina As Doctor Octopus In Embroidery. My Son Set Me The Challenge And I Do Like A Challenge. 45 Hours Of Stitchery

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#66 I Love Mushrooms

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#67 Finished My First Embroidery Ever!

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#68 Ode To Klimt

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#69 I Took A Stab At Charlotte’s Web. Sadly, I’m No Charlotte!

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#70 Cup Of Cats

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#71 I Heard A Call To Action From A Childhood Hero, So I Called Off Sick And Designed This

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#72 I Finished This Morton Salt Girl Project Yesterday And I’m So Proud!

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#73 My Second Ever Embroidery Project Based On A Drawing I Found Online

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#74 My Latest Embroidery “Weavers Of Life”, 8” Radius, December 2021. A Reminder To Remember Those Who Weave Our Clothing

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#75 Spotlight

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#76 Some Bern For This Cold Winter Day

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#77 I’m Still A Novice. I Did A Tarot Card. Letters Are So Hard!

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#78 I Have Found A Perfect Background For This Embroidery I Created Back In 2020

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#79 Strange Women Lying In Ponds

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#80 Hand Embroidery I Made For My Son For His Birthday

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#81 So Many French Knots

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#82 One Of My Favorite Pieces I’ve Stitched, From 2019

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#83 I Finally Finished This Piece

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#84 Very Happy With My Magic Chameleon And Wanted To Show Someone! Here He Is

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#85

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#86 First Project Ever

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#87 Embroidered The Tame Impala Currents Album Cover. I’m So Proud Of It!

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#88 Pet Me And Feed Me Pizza

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#89 I Really Like French Knots

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#90 My Second Embroidery Kit Completed And I’m So Pleased!

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#91 I Know I’m Not The Only One With This Kit, But This Being My First Stab At Embroidery, I Was So Pleased With How It Turned Out!

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#92 I Want To Show You One Of My Favorite Custom Embroidery

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#93 My First Stab At Embroidery!

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#94 Really Enjoyed This Pattern ! Just Need To Frame It!

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#95 Finally Finished

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#96 My Angler Fish Embroidery

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#97 When A Friend Asked Me To Stitch A Donkey I Had My Doubts, But Now I Think I’m In Love With Him

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#98 Super Stoked With This! My Try At Stitching A Holographic Effect

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#99 1 Strand, 20 Colors And 8 Hrs Of Work, A Colorful Orchid Blossomed

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#100 Finally Finished This Piece For My Friend’s Birthday. She Loves Bob Ross

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#101 Hand Embroidered Landscape Titled “Daydreaming”

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#102 Here’s The Finished Mini Embroidered Earrings From Earlier This Week

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#103 Two More Edward Gorey Inspired Blackworks. Really Having Fun With These!

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#104 Glow In The Dark Reptar With LED Eye

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#105 A Triforce Out Of French Knots. Tried To Make It Look Mossy

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#106 So Proud Of This Smoking Cat

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#107 Resting Place

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#108 Hoop I Did For Christmas!

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#109 Upon Your Encouragement, I Added Antennas. I Am So Much Happier With It Now! Amazing What A Difference A Small Adjustment Makes!

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#110 Sauron Eye

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#111 My Cousins Grandmother With Her Late Husband. She Adores This Photo So I’m Very Excited To See Her Reaction

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#112 The First Big Project I Finished!

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#113 Inspired By A Post Here Last Week Made My Own Pocket Flowers

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#114 Finished Work, Bubbline

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#115 Finished This Floral Mixed Media Piece – Embroidery, Beads And Gouache On Handmade Paper

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#116 My Coworker’s Wife Is Expecting, And I Wanted To Make Them A Little Something

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#117 Go To Therapy

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#118 A Hobbit Hole To Warm Your Heart

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#119 Realism First Attempt!

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#120 Which Side Are You On?

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#121 My Newest Embroidery! I Wanted To Try Something Different…

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#122 Sunflower Mosaic. Normally, I Stick To Mostly Outlines. Doing A Piece ‘Filled In’ Takes So Much Longer!

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#123 My Bunny

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#124 I Made A Coral Wreath!

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#125 I Can Definitely Improve But It’s Cool

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#126 Sit Too Close To The TV And You’ll Go Blind!

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#127 I Started A New Position At The Beginning Of The Year. This Now Hangs Above My Desk

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#128 Thread Painting On 7” Hoop

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#129 Got Inspired To Do This Bobs Burgers Piece It’s Called “I Just Wanna Dance Dad”

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#130 Help Me Figure Out How I Feel About This… I Loved The Idea In My Head, But Feeling Meh About The Final Result

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#131 Pale Pink And Cream Roses On Ale Is Canvas Shoes

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#132 I Made A Pin Inspired By My Cat Poppy’s Fluffy Toe Beans!

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#133 Jackrabbit Abduction! A Full-Back Design Chainstitched On A Purple Velvet Jacket

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#134 Hand Embroidery Family Portrait

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#135 Mount Fuji From Lake Yamanaka

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#136 Congratulations! You Took A Bath Today. You Did It, Even If It’s A Chore

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#137 I Embroidered A Target Polo For My Kiddo. Now It Looks Like She Goes To A Prep School For Witches

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