There's just something about a white cotton cloth and white embroidery

First of all.... I want to thank each one of you who left a comment and told me what kinds of flowers you would like to see stitched on linens I have for sale soon. Your comments were so helpful and "woke me up" to the other possibilities beyond roses.

I was fortunate enough to find several large 38in.x 38in. hemmed white cotton cloths a few months back. Whenever I see such items, my thoughts lean towards the vintage embroidery done years ago with white thread on linens.

I received several vintage iron on transfers before Christmas and this one particular design captured my heart. I could just picture it stitched in browns, earth greens and dusty pinks... however, as I was tracing it onto one of the white cloths...
I knew it would be so pretty done in heirloom stitches with white thread.

I have been stitching on it for the past few days and I am liking the results, even though this is just base stitching and not the finished result ( I really don't like to show the early stages of this stitching, because it looks "bad". But the finished result will look beautiful. This is just the center design of the cloth... it will need edge and corner designs as well as a border stitch. Much work in the months ahead.. I will decide on these factors as I go. Although I need to sell these kinds of things... I really want to keep this for my dining room table. If this turns out the way I hope.. I will embroider the other cloths for future sell. Now my question to all of you....... would you rather have white on white embroidery with designs like this...or would you rather have a palette of colors? Which colors? You have all helped so much in your comments on this subject and I am keeping note. I can't wait to hear from you all!