I find some great books on Amazon.com - this and the next one are examples. They have some great ideas for using old doilies and cloths to make other items. Great if you are happy about cutting up vintage embroidery, which I am NOT! But there are times when such linen is so badly stained or damaged that it is not worth saving in its present state, so using it up like these books suggest is quite acceptable to me!
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This beautiful book is apparently quite rare and expensive if you can find it! I saw it on Biblioz a couple of time for nearly $100, but eventually got it on eBay for about $60. Not without a fight though - I was bidding against someone who wanted it as badly as I did!
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