What's the difference between hand embroidery and Suzhou embroidery?

Hand embroidery is a traditional craft. It is also an embroidery method, which continues the techniques of Suzhou embroidery, and uses machines specially designed for sewing and embroidery to push embroidery with flexible manual operation. It is often combined with the improved traditional style of cheongsam to make hand-embroidered cheongsam, which is fashionable and has national characteristics.

Suzhou embroidery is one of the outstanding national traditional crafts of the Han nationality and the general name of Suzhou embroidery products. Originated in Wuxian, Suzhou, it has spread all over Wuxi, Changzhou and other places. Embroidery is inseparable from sericulture and silk reeling, so embroidery is also called silk embroidery. In Qing Dynasty, Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery were established as the four famous embroideries in China. The Qing Dynasty was the heyday of Suzhou embroidery, which was characterized by various schools and famous artists. Suzhou embroidery has a unique style, beautiful patterns, ingenious ideas, meticulous embroidery, lively stitches, elegant colors and strong local characteristics.