text: If you 're used to machine-made , mass-produced embroidered items , you may be in for sticker a full set of meticulously detailed table linens can take up to two years to make , so prices aren 't cheap ( although , measured as a reflection of someone 's salary for that length of time , they really are ) .
  
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  It takes a long time to hand-embroider table linens , compared to producing them with machines .