22 examples of stunning embroidery, diverse and very talented

Embroidery is not just a hobby. This is art, an occupation that requires a rich imagination, creative thinking, an accurate eye and incredible thoroughness. Forget about the banal cross-stitch from DIY kits. These people have taken embroidery to a whole new level! And the result is impressive.

Flowers on sneakers

Kingfisher on the hunt, hand embroidery

Embroidery and watercolor

"My first two-layer embroidery. This is a wedding gift to a friend, I took her from a photo"

Northern lights. Like a living thing, right?

"Well, there are a lot of French knots!"

The exact anatomy of a kiwi

"I made embroidery on a photo as a gift to my great-grandmother and great-grandfather"

"I called this painting "You were my sunflower...""

"I have a whole box of old keys at home. I didn't know what to do with them, and recently I figured it out!"

"Cedar whistle. I've been doing this job for a month. It took about 50 hours of time, I used threads of more than 45 tones"

"It seems my cat doesn't like the portrait. Maybe add a mustache?"

A whole set of cephalopods

Embroidered footprints in the snow. By Narumi Takada

"I spent more than 60 hours on this job"

"I made embroideries dedicated to the films of the studio "Ghibli" – "My neighbor Totoro", "The Heavenly Castle of Laputa" and "The Grave of fireflies"

"I got the first prize at the festival for my cross stitch!"

"I am a future doctor, I am writing a diploma in lung diseases. The theme for embroidery was born by itself"

"I was inspired by Viktor Nizovtsev's illustrations for the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" for this work

"My sister is writing a study about goats, so I just couldn't help but give her this jacket."

"I embroidered myself a collar for bunada - traditional Norwegian clothing. It wasn't easy!"

"I made myself mushroom cuffs"

"I've been working on this embroidery for a whole year"

"My most recent work. I embroidered it as a gift to a friend — she loves crows"