For two women whom I highly regard, I made small tokens for them by hand-stitching linen handkerchiefs and embroidering (blackwork) their initial and a flower (based on a flower pattern on a 16th century Italian sampler at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London) on to the handkerchiefs.

 

 

(flower pattern found at  http://www.dragonlore.net/free_patterns.php)