Many embroideries are mostly practical, including clothes, cushions, uppers, insoles, soles of socks, sachets, wallets, fan bags, Chinese chest covers, pillowcases and children's hats. As well as embroidered pillows and embroidery worn by the bride when she gets married, from those pink fish lotus bellybuttons and small needles with hidden needles hanging around her waist to the tobacco bags, earmuffs, socks and embroidery given by the bride to her husband's family.

Embroidery "Crab" in Qingyang, Gansu Province