 Additional pattern books for embroiderers appeared late in the century , followed by Richard Shorleyker 's A Schole @-@ house for the Needle published in London in 1624 . Other sources for embroidery designs were the popular herbals and emblem books . Both domestic and professional embroiderers probably relied on skilled draughtsmen or pattern @-@ drawers to interpret these design sources and draw them out on linen ready to be stitched . 
