Editing Crewel embroidery (section)

==== Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework ====
{{Further|Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework}}
There was a resurgence of interest in crewel embroidery in [[Deerfield, Massachusetts|Deerfield]], Massachusetts, when two women, [[Margaret C. Whiting]] and [[Ellen Miller (artist)|Ellen Miller]], founded the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework. This society was inspired by the crewel work of 18th-century women who had lived in and near Deerfield. Members of the Blue and White Society initially used the patterns and stitches from these earlier works that they had found in the town museum.<ref name=":4" /> Because these new embroideries were not meant to replicate the earlier works, society artisans soon deviated from the earlier versions with new patterns and stitches, and even the use of linen, rather than wool, thread.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=The Needle arts : a social history of American needlework.|publisher=Time-Life Books|others=Time-Life Books|year=1990|isbn=0-8094-6841-7|location=Alexandria, Va.|pages=104|oclc=21482166}}</ref> Miller and Whiting used vegetable dyes in order to create the colors of the wool threads, and handwoven linen fabric was bought for use as the background.<ref name=":5" /> Members of this society continued their stitching until 1926.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=Deerfield embroidery|last=Howe, Margery Burnham.|date=1976|publisher=Scribner|isbn=0-684-14377-1|location=New York|oclc=1341513}}</ref>