1920's Vintage Art Embroider, Quilted!

My forever favorite quilting is vintage linens!  Oh how I love to bring them alive!  I found this art embroidered linen in an antique store a few months ago for $18.  I finally had an afternoon to quilt for myself so this is what I quilted.  Here are a few "before" pictures.

The handwork and lacework is just amazing.  It was originally a pillowcase and came with the original green satin underlay.Here are a few pictures of the back so you can see the stitching.  So precise!  Those women of yesteryear, WOW!!

 The finish is spectacular and changes everything about this piece.  I am spending a few evenings doing some minimal beading to bring down a bit of the puff and add to the shine of the whole.

Finished size is 21" square and will eventually become a wall hanging.  Ready to find that next treasure!

UPDATE.....FINISH!!!

I finally finished the binding! It took forever to find the right color as I wanted to stick with that early 1900's green. I ended up with a 1/2" satin ribbon. It was a little tedious to stitch, but in the end I love the tiny edge!