I've been collecting these pieces of old linen for a while now, from junk shops and our local recycling centre. They're cream and crisp in texture, and were printed with embroidery transfers- probably a long time ago. I washed them a couple of times to check the transfers were permanent, and they were, along with some of the old fold lines and other marks that show the linen's character and age.
I love the transfers- they're faded in some places and a deeper grey in others- and the patterns are so old-fashioned and lovely. Yet I know I won't get around to embroidering over the transfers, so I decided to use the linen as I would a printed fabric. On the weekend I sewed some of them into these drawstring pouches to give as gifts.
I hope you had a good weekend!
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