I’m an absolute sucker for vintage embroidered linens, especially linens embellished with whitework embroidery.

I don’t collect a lot of them, but what I do have, gets used. A lot.

I figure if you collect something just for the sake of having it, but not for the sake of using and enjoying it, what good is that?

After all, those gorgeous vintage linens that were meticulously hand embroidered by someone, somewhere, at some point in time – well, they were made to be used! They weren’t made to be stored in a drawer or a box forever, to eventually make their way into an attic or… woe is me… a garage sale or a thrift store.

But they often go that route, don’t they?

I think if they were used more – instead of stored away for safe keeping – they would be better appreciated by all who saw them, and they would be treasured by family and friends. They wouldn’t end up cast away at a thrift store.

But I also think many people don’t use vintage pieces and end up getting rid of them simply because they don’t know how to use them and how to take care of them.

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