Embroidery was done by the hands later came sewing machine and now the computers are used for making beautiful design on the garments with the help of various digitized embroidery files created by special software.

There are main advantages in the digitalized embroidery as design can be edited, scale , distort split or even crop the design as one's will to make it more impressive. Machines embroidery mostly uses polyester, rayon or metallic embroidery thread though other types of threads are available 40wt thread is the most commonly used embroidery thread weight. Polyester thread is generally more colour safe and durable.

Anything from paper to fabric to lightweight balsa wood and more can be embroidered.