0 patterns or pictures that consist of stitches sewn directly onto cloth:
1 the way that someone makes a story more entertaining by adding imaginary details to it:
comic embroidery
2 the activity of decorating cloth or clothing with patterns or pictures sewn directly onto the material, or a pattern or picture created in this way:
[ U ] She's really good at embroidery.
There were a few political embroideries; but those we accept in good part.
The finest achievements in their textile arts are the embroideries which vary from region to region.
Embroideries made here in this time link often to the "zlotnice" bonnets and antependiums.
Women's "hukht" extended below the knee and were light multicolored with intricate embroideries and various ornaments sewed on the sleeves, collar and hem.
The finished piece is actually composed of several embroideries, the largest of which measures 9x3ft m.
Women in the former category often created embroideries and textiles; those in the later category often produced illuminations.
She also became a skilled needlewoman who would be later renowned for her embroideries.
Elder women in the village still make embroideries on a regular basis, in some cases for their living.