Irish Crochet Birds, Flowers and Leaves

Here is a lovely bit of Irish Crochet on a bag on a Japanese website.  If you use Google Chrome, you can translate the pages for some clarification.
There are small images at the bottom of the page. Just click on the little zoom icon for a nice large images of patterns.
I would prefer to applique something like this in a woven fabric bag : maybe linen in a nice blue or green color for a pretty natural look.  Or a darker color background  for a more elegant look.