The changed conceptions in female education and the imports of printed cloth from the West have almost led to the extinction of this high-quality embroidery.
可是，出閣之後，儘管還是新婦，也是得再拿起針線，為翁姑們做那永遠做不完的繡花女紅。刺繡在中國，可以說是婦女最重要的職務。雖然日後歐風東漸，西方價廉而花色繁多的衣料有取代傳統繡花料的趨勢，但是仍然有不少的中國婦女甘心樂意地浸潤其中。