Embroidery machines are in use for centuries, even before the patented machines. This machine has continued to develop since then and today we see super-duper-fancy digitized home embroidery machines that readily available for anyone who can afford them. When the machine first came and even today, there are many people who cannot tell the difference between machine embroidery and hand embroidery. The hand embroidery is very expensive than the machine embroidery.
Hand embroidery requires passion and enthusiasm. It takes much time and energy to learn hand embroidery. In the age of machines, the people who teach hand embroidery are difficult to search for in the market and who are available for teaching; they charge more money for this purpose. Hand embroidery gives a very unique touch to the designs but also need hard work for making designs with the hands. It is difficult to embroider hundreds of stitches with the hand which is difficult to duplicate with the machines. You have to learn hundreds of styles, techniques, and methods for hand embroidery.
Hand stitches are straight and turn the shape of the design. The thread continues from one dot to another, so there is no separation of dots in between them. They look like an open chain stitch in some places and straight stitches in other places. Machine embroidery find systematically carried threads across the back of the work. The tools and materials for hand embroidery are different. The tools and materials are affordable. Hand embroidery is easy to do.
The people who give the services of hand embroidery know that it is a very difficult task to do. Hands get tired while working continually on the fabric. Hand embroidery basically is inexpensive but they charge for their hard work. Hand embroidery supplies are expensive. The quality of hand embroidery is different from the machine embroidery and you can easily differentiate the designs made by hand or machine embroidery. Hand embroidery is expensive because the techniques for hand embroidery are much different from the machine embroidery.