How much do you typically sell your own hand-stitched cross stitch for?

A six-meter-long handmade cross stitch of Shanghai Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is probably sold for about 8,000 yuan.

Cross-stitch, in addition to their own enjoyment, can be gifted to friends and relatives, you can also sell the excess to others in exchange for payment. And with the improvement of people's living standards, the demand is growing, especially containing traditional Chinese colors of cross stitch such as: "Qingming Shanghe Tu", "Red Chamber Group Fang Tu", "qin, chess, calligraphy and painting", "full of gold", "the rising sun" are both domestic and foreign collectors are sought after and favorite objects.

In general, the larger the size of the cross-stitch embroidery the more exquisite the value of the higher, especially in foreign countries, the price of fine products is very high, two meters according to the price of embroidery is generally a few thousand to tens of thousands of dollars, two meters above the average price of 100,000 meters, in 2006, a 22-meter-long "Qingming Riverside Drawing" was the United States Rockefeller Foundation to 3.88 million high-priced acquisition.

Origin of Cross Stitch

Cross Stitch is a kind of handcraft with a long history. In the 14th century A.D., cross-stitch traveled from China to Italy via Turkey, and then spread throughout Europe, first popular in the court and later spread to the people. Because it was easy to learn and understand, it soon became widespread and was loved by people of all ages.

The earliest cross-stitch is made of animal fur on the fabric embroidery, with the silk thread drawn from the cocoon, this cross-stitch in many countries is used to decorate clothing and furniture. Due to the different cultures of the countries, over time, gradually formed their own style, whether it is embroidery thread, fabric color, or material, pattern, are different.