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Southern Accents

Gracious Living:  Monograms
by Beaty Coleman, photographed by Deborah Jones, styled by Sara Slavin

A mark of identification has turned into a symbol of living well and a ehicle for expressing creativity on everything from bed linens to tote bags.

Jane Scott offers a tip in this month’s Southern Accents for a gracious monogram:  "Make the investment.  A set of monogrammed linen napkins will be on your table for generations,” says Jane Scott Hodges, founder of Leontine Linens.  Her advice:  Buy a set gradually for various special occasions.  "Ivory hemstitched dinner napkins with a gold monogram are the little black dress of tabletop.”

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