What if, and why not?

I've been wandering around the studio with the camera, looking for something to photograph for today.  But we've got a bunch of stuff in a state of not-quite-completedness, and nothing struck me as very photogenic just yet.
Except this London shade.  You may remember this Fab Fabric Friday pick from a couple of weeks ago.  
The black flowers are appliqued on with stitching just in the middle so the edges are loose.  This is the second fabric of this type we've worked with recently, and it has me wondering: what if we made our own flowers and appliqued them onto a ground fabric with embroidery in the centers, then made it into shades?  Why not?