I have a quilt top which I assembled from state flower blocks embroidered by my 90 year old aunt, probably 30-50 years ago -- I really don't know, and she has Alzheimer's Disease now. Her embroidery is just beautiful. I can do pretty good embroidery, but my patience to deal with it long term is limited, as well as I have had vision problems , which I anticipate have been resolved by cataract surgery 2 days ago. The blocks are really gorgeous (I can say that because I didn't do the embroidery! lol!), and I think it's going to be a beautiful quilt when finished. I've also made a bed skirt with white background and border of the same calico as the sashing/borders of the quilt, and pinch-pleated drapes bordered with the same calico, and a valance entirely made of the same calico. My aunt also made an embroidered Presidents Quilt. She made photocopies of photographs of U.S. Presidents from Washington through Clinton, from which she made her embroidery pattern. It's all done in black and white, using metallic embroidery thread for eye glasses. I really need to get some good photographs of this quilt.