苏綉有比較長的历史。由于生活需要,人們在長期的創作劳动中,創作了許多生活用品,进一步与人民的生活密切結合起来,普遍的在衣裙、枕套、被面、靠垫、門帘、手帕、荷包、鞋帽等日常用品上运用了刺綉,因此品种亦日益增多。由于品种的不同,在用途的要求上亦有所区别,为了符合于用途的需要,因而在刺綉的方法上亦随之日益丰富。苏州的刺綉艺人在这一方面的經驗更为丰富。近几年来她們在傳統的基础上,發掘与創造了一些更好的刺绣方法。例如一般的刺綉方法,綉出的花样,正面的針脚比較反面的要整齐得多,只宜于正面观看。像头巾、圍巾的用品,常常需要两面来使用,为了符合这种需要,艺人們就运用双面绣的方法来綉制,使其两面的花样一模一样,而不損花样的生动、精致、美观。这种方法,近来發展到屏風上来运用,綉出的画幅更为精致美观,且适宜于 Suzhou embroidery has a long history. Due to the needs of life, people create a lot of daily necessities in long-term creative work and are further closely integrated with people’s life. They are commonly found in the daily life of dress, pillowcases, quilts, cushions, curtains, handkerchiefs, pouches, The use of embroidery supplies, so the variety is also increasing. Due to the different varieties, there are differences in the requirements of their uses. In order to meet the needs of their uses, embroidery methods are increasingly enriched. Suzhou embroidery artists in this area have more experience. In recent years, on the traditional basis, they have discovered and created some better ways of embroidery. For example, the general embroidery method, embroidered patterns, the front of the needle more negative than the more tidy, should only be viewed in the front. In order to meet this need, artists use double-sided embroidery to make embroidery patterns that are identical on both sides without sacrificing vividness, sophistication and beauty. This method has recently been developed to use the screen, embroidered frame is more refined and beautiful, and suitable