Kuna indigenous woman sewing a mola in the San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Women in a sewing group in mountain village of Altit in Hunza region of Karokoram Mountains, Pakistan

Indian woman sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian women sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian women sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian woman sewing textiles at Dastkar women's craft co-operative, the Ranthambore Artisan Project, in Rajasthan, Northern India

The Institute of Suz Hou Embroidery, Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, Asia

Embroidering by hand, Suzhou, China, Asia

MEXICO Detail of Yucatan style ladies blouse with embroidery, Merida, Yucatan

Hands of Caucasian woman using sewing machine

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

Traditional S?mi arts and crafts. Inside the home of Tuula Airamo, a S?mi descendant, and Reindeer farmer, by Muttus Lake. Inari, Lapland, Finland

An elaborate needlework wallhanging of a peacock being hand-stitched in Guilin, China.

Tailor applying traditional stitchery with sewing machine, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Tailor sewing with sewing machine, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Yarn bobbins, Saint Jean tapestery factory, Aubusson tapestry work is listed as immaterial UNESCO World Heritage, Manufacture Saint-Jean, Creuse, Limousin, France, Europe

Hands sewing inner lining on a wool felt hat, sewing machine, hatmaker workshop, Bad Aussee, Styria, Austria, Europe

Hands sewing silk ribbon and inner lining on hat edge, hatmaker workshop, Bad Aussee, Styria, Austria, Europe

Manually operated sewing machines, Haldwani, Uttarakhand region, northern India, India, Asia