Something old..........something new...........something added...........

(right click on photos for a better view)

I found this pretty little vintage dresser scarf in a pile of linens at a thrift store...............

waiting for me to embroider it. It has a beautiful hand crocheted edging around it. 

My flower garden is full of the wild purple Prairie Aster and yellow daisy........

So I embroidered the flowers in those colors and embroidered the little bird in blue.

So here is an old piece with new embroidery and it looks pretty...........

but you all know me...........

I have to add something................

like a little bee..............

and a cute little inch worm............

I did this on one end of the scarf and had intended to embroider the same thing on the other end..........

but I want it to be different, so on the other end I embroidered a small ladybug .........

and a spider web,..............

just the kinds of things one would find in a garden. 

I also signed embroidered my name underneath the web.

and now this end looks like this.............

just a few changes to the whole scarf..........maybe some won't care to have a piece like this......

but these are the kinds of linens I am always looking for in flea markets............

those little personal touches left behind by the artist of stitches.............

Now it has been added to my vintage shop. I wonder if anyone will notice these added designs?

How about you?

Do you ever see a quilt.........an embroidered item........or even a painting........

and think about something that could have been added?

Wishing all of you a very happy Mother's Day!