Vintage re-work- adorable embroidery- before and after

I adore embroidery.How much time, love and effort has not been spent on the work above and here below.

Charity shops are mostly my hunting grounds for all these beautiful pieces of work.
In my mind's eye I can see these prim and proper ladies, Victorian, with swept-up hair and a tiny waist in long skirts, or maybe from the 1950's or 1960's with a beehive and multi-coloured petticcoats, embroidering away,on table-cloths, place-mats and napkins, sharing gossip and cups of tea with their friends in happy harmony.
And how pretty it all is ! And what a waste if you would actually use it! You only need one klutz who drops his cake- encrusted fork on the linnen or a tea-pot that dribbles a great splash of Earl Grey on the carefully embroidered roses and you will never be able to get it out again !
So I live in fear of stains by malcreant's hands and the Victorian ladies' work remains in a drawer.
And that is such a waste, really.So I came up with an extreme solution which I will show below.
Before: 1 table cloth, all four corners embroidered with a sprig of Lilac.
After:   4 scatter cushions, all with a sprig of Lilac- to pile on a luxurious bed full of coulours of blue, white, purple, green and lilac. Like this :

And like this:

And like this:

Extreme- yes, I agree. I could almost hear a little Victorian lady cry out in anguish as I put the scissors into the table cloth (  and I did feel a bit guilty.)  But I think she would be pleased with the result, as the Lilac embroidered table-cloth , now turned into Lilac embroidered cushions shine and smile out at me every day .
No longer any dwelling in a dark drawer, only to be taken out occasionally and admired and then put back, but looked at and loved every day.
Did I go one step too far ? Would you have left the table cloth as it was ? Or are you going to look at what you can turn from something unused into something used and loved ??

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