I-Embroidery, njengendlela yobugcisa kunye nobugcisa obusebenzayo, inembali ende ethatha iinkcubeko ezahlukeneyo kunye neenkulungwane. Ekuqaleni, i-embroidery yayisetyenziselwa ukuthunga, ukukhwela kunye nokuqinisa ilaphu. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, iye yaguquka yaba bubugcisa bokuhombisa obuntsonkothileyo. Ubuchwephesha bokuhombisa obusisiseko buhlala buzinzile kwimbali yonke, kunye nemisebenzi emininzi yangaphambili ebonisa umsebenzi wobugcisa obalaseleyo, ngamanye amaxesha ukodlula ukudalwa kwamva.
Ukufunyanwa kwezinto zakudala kwihlabathi jikelele kubonisa ukuba ukuhombisa kuye kwadlala indima ebalulekileyo kwiinkcubeko ezahlukeneyo. E-China, eyona misebenzi ihonjisiweyo yokuqala eyaziwayo isukela emva kwixesha le-War States States (inkulungwane yesi-5 ukuya kweyesi-3 BC), iqaqambisa ubugcisa bobugcisa belaphu obuphambili belo xesha. Umhombiso waseTshayina ikakhulu ubandakanya iindidi ezine: i-Suzhou embroidery, i-Hunan embroidery, i-Sichuan embroidery kunye ne-Guangdong embroidery. Ngokufanayo, eSweden ngexesha leMigration Period (malunga ne-300-700 AD), abantu baqinisa iimpahla kunye nezititshi ezibalekayo, izithungo zangasemva, izititshi zesiqu, izithungo zeqhosha, kunye nezabhokhwe. Nangona kunjalo, kuya kuhlala kungaqinisekanga ukuba ezi zithungo zisebenze kuphela iinjongo zesakhiwo okanye zinemisebenzi yokuhombisa.
Ngokwembali, i-embroidery ibisetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwimpahla, kwizinto zakudala zonqulo, kunye nokuhombisa amakhaya. Uyilo oluntsonkothileyo oluhonjisiweyo kunye nobuchule babudla ngokufanekisela iwonga lentlalo, ubutyebi, kunye nokuzazi ngokwenkcubeko. KwiYurophu yamaxesha aphakathi, imihombiso yayichuma kwiimpahla zonqulo nakwimpahla yasebukhosini. Kwilizwe lamaSilamsi, iingubo ezilukiweyo ezihonjisiweyo zazixatyiswe kakhulu, ngelixa eJapan, imihombiso yemveli "yeSashiko" ayigcini nje ukuqinisa ukuqina kwelaphu, kodwa idale iipateni ezizodwa zejometri.
Ngaphandle kokuvela kweendlela zemveliso yelaphu kunye nokutshintsha kwefashoni, iindlela zokuhombisa ziye zahlala zingaguquguquki ngendlela emangalisayo. Uguqulo lwezoShishino lwazisa ukuhonjiswa koomatshini, kodwa ukuhonjiswa kwesandla kusaqhubeka ukuxatyiswa ngobuchule bayo obugqwesileyo kunye nexabiso lobugcisa. Namhlanje, i-embroidery ibhuloho isithethe kunye nokuveliswa kwezinto ezintsha, igcina zombini ubuhle kunye nesibheno esisebenzayo kwinqanaba lehlabathi. Isizathu sokuba i-embroidery ihlale iyenye yezona zinto zinomtsalane zobugcisa belaphu kwimbali ilele kukudityaniswa kwayo ngokungenamthungo kobugcisa kunye nokusebenza, ebonisa umtsalane wayo ongaphelelwa lixesha.
Namhlanje, lo msebenzi wobugcisa ugqwesileyo sele uhambele phesheya kwaye waba yindawo entle kwinqanaba lamazwe ngamazwe. Xa izakhono zemveli zisetyenziselwa intsimi yefashoni, ziqhakaza ngokukhanya okungaqhelekanga. Ikwaqaqambisa umtsalane ongaqhelekanga wenkcubeko yesizwe.
Ngoku, ubugcisa bokuhombisa baseTshayina phantse kulo lonke ilizwe. Iembroidery yaseSuzhou's Su, i-Hunan's Xiang embroidery, iShuan's Shu, kunye ne-Guangdong's Yue embroidery nganye ineempawu zayo kwaye zaziwa ngokuba yimihombiso emine yaseTshayina eyaziwayo. Imizobo yanamhlanje ehonjisiweyo inobugcisa obuntsonkothileyo nobuntsokothileyo.