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For many centuries, Han Chinese women used to bind their feet and put them into tiny shoes, generally called lotus shoes. There were various types of lotus shoes, such as day-time shoes and boots, wedding or bridal shoes, sleeping or night socks, separate heels, bad weather forms, gift shoes, mourning shoes, as well as funeral shoes.

Eanswitha was allegedly an embroideress from Hereford (England), who was granted 200 acres of farmland for the period of her life.

See tracing wheel.

See tracing wheel.

See tracing wheel.

A tracing wheel is a needlework tool consisting of a wooden handle, with a shaped shaft (often of steel or, by the end of the twentieth century, made of plastic). At the end of the shaft is a rowel. A rowel is a metal disc with a series of sharp radial points and capable of rotation.

See Kashmir embroidery.

See Honiton lace.

A form of crazy patchwork. See patchwork

See corded quilting and trapunto.