Embroidery is one of the oldest decorative crafts. Its practitioners, both professional & amateur, are endlessly inventive, using materials ranging from thread & wire to straw & beetle wings, all in pursuit of creating exquisite works of art & statements of place and time. This selection of embroidered garments and accessories from the Evanston History Center’s Costume Collection highlights a few of the many types of embroidery enjoyed by Evanstonians.