t'a-pen

Rubbing Craft by Cecily Barth Firestein, Quick Fox, 1977

and so to

And So To Embroider: An Introduction to Embroidery, University of London Press, London, 1960
Blue and White: The Cotton Embroidery of Rural China by Muriel Baker and Margaret Lunt, Scribners, 1977 (previously)---Somehow, I never thought to look under the dust jacket until today. Always look under the dust jacket.
Embroidery by Jane Simpson, Octopus Books, London, 1973

Buddha's hand

Buddha's Hand

from Blue and White: The Cotton Embroideries of Rural China by Muriel Baker and Margaret Lunt, Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1977

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Summer Meadow. 4 X 6 feet. Mural on burlap by a group of children

from The Stitches of Creative Embroidery by Jacqueline Enthoven, Van Norstrand Reinhold Co., 1964