Details about the original owner of the embroidered version of the chromolithograph Our Motto are unknown. The style of the clouds stitched on the sides suggests that it was made in Japan, probably during the late 1800s when a taste for Japanese decorative arts had been introduced into the United States at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. This needlework picture could have been framed and hung on the wall, like the printed version, or it may have been used as a pillow or decorative piece in the lodge or at home.