Samplers and stitches : a handbook of the embroiderer's art
Samplers and Stitches is a 1921 London handbook by Grace Christie, published by Batsford, teaching embroidery stitches to needleworkers through diagrams of stitch structures and needle movements. The pictures are black-and-white line diagrams and engraved stitch patterns, with a designer taking away the geometric repeats of woven grids, triangular chain stitches, diamond fills and buttonhole rings as ready-made textile motifs.
