Article on the Society of Blue and White Needlework, founded in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1896 by Margaret Whiting and Ellen Miller to revive 18th-century American embroidery. It covers their study of old New England designs and stitches (especially the laid or Roumanian stitch), their indigo and vegetable dyeing of linen threads, the payment system for village embroiderers, and the spread of other crafts in the village. It also describes the Society's exhibitions and fame and its end in 1926. Five plates show doilies, a bed hanging, working patterns and a floral design.