Ok I was blessed today. A lady today gave me a truck load of things to today have no ideal what I will do with it all but boy this is going to be fun. Unpacked one sack theres about 100 old hankies that look new there the old lady hankies and some of the old table cloths with the printed flowers on them

wow, have fun sorting thru everything

You are very lucky. Hankies can be made into beautiful quilts. I wish we could have had my Mom's and Grandmother's but that was not to be...

What fun! I love old hankies. There are some very clever ways of using hankies in quilts. If you do a search, you can see some of them. Some are butterflies, others baskets, not sure what else. Also the old flowered tablecloths are very much in demand by collectors, especially if they are in good shape. If very stained or holey, they make good throw pillows for shabby chic decor or outdoor furniture. Lots of ways to use them. Do some research, but you'll realize you have a treasure trove!

Ohhh I would love to get a couple of the table cloths to do longarming on. my dream on day it will come true. you are so blessed. those hankies will make great quilt peices too.

Oh, boy have fun!! :thumbup:

Also got a singer treadle machine with a 10 inch throat. Can you see me dancing the happy dance

these look brand new

Wow, you got some great loot! :D

16 years ago.... I made a beautiful baby quilt using ladies handkerchiefs for a friend's little girl. I appliqued them onto white fabric and put light batting under each, then hand quilted around the floral patterns. One even had a ballerina on it and found a monogrammed one with the family initial. Used pink between each block and for the backing. Wish I had a digital pic of it. Oh, well...

OH BOY, is that special! Such lovely items!

Wow, you hit the jackpot today.

ohhhhhhhhhh wow!!!! I do know that about 3 years ago, Moda put some of those out. They looked really old but brand new. There were either 16 or 24 new hankies in a very nice cotton enevlope. Jackpottttt!!!!

Close your back door. I have went to several garage sales looking for hankies with no luck. Have fun with them.

Oh, what fun you'll have checking things out!

No sniffles for you with all those hankies There is a book that uses them to do wall hangings ,3D trees, aprons don't know the name but it's out there somewhere even baby bonnets was gonna be a someday thing was gonna get

I did some butterflies with old hankies, I put them on white blocks. Never did put the blocks together yet, some day. :-) I have a lot of men's ties to do something with soon also.
Enjoy your treasures !!

Can I be your friend? :D

I love vintage tablecloths & hankies. I have a collection of ones that were my mom's, my grandma's, & ones I won on e-bay. Hope to add a few more as time passes.

Lucky you!

Oh my! What fun!

Today was your lucky day :D:D:D

Do a search! There was a gorgeous hankie quilt on here a couple of weeks ago. If I find it, I'll repost with the link.

Elenor Burns from Quilt in a Day. com has a whole show on this. Lovely. So did Sewing with Nancy .com shows.

Ohhhhh how wonderful. You can made some pretty quilts using those old hankies and decorative cloths. I'd take the hankies and applique them onto a solid background square and then put them altogether.Maybe even add a little sashing around each one. Gorgeous! My sister collects those kinds of things. It's her weakness, she says. You've got a treasure.

Oh My!! I am drooling. Cindy Brick has a book out called "Hanky Panky" with lots of small quilt patterns and easy instructions. (www.cindybrick.com) Check her web site out. Have fun. :thumbup:

you can go here and it will give you ideas to make things with these. They are all beautiful by the way!

http://antiques.about.com/cs/quiltte.../aa053003.html

Oh my... I have been everywhere looking for old hankies.... I have paid up to 5.00 each for some. Going to make a hankie quilt. You will have a great time finding stuff to make with them. I took one and folded it like an envelope stuffed batting in it and added scent, sewed together and put in closet for nice scent. It was so cute.
Have fun!

I have a bunch of beautiful old hankies also.

One thing I did with mine is I made kitchen curtains out of beautiful all white, embroidered hankies. The curtains are light and breazy and pretty.

I made the lower half of the window curtains by just whip stitching them together by hand and hung them with clip curtain rings. Then I made valences for the top of the windows with hankies that had just an embroidered or lacy section in the corner and folded these in half diagonally so the fancy section shows. I overlapped these over the top curtain rod.

They look so cool and very different.

I adore vintage tablecloths. You are a lucky duck!

Hanky Panky is the book for you............My quilt guild just had our christmas party last thursday, and my secret pal got me a couple dozen hankies, and a few other surprise gifters' gave me a couple as a "going away present". So I too have several. But you have a "STASH".

There are lots of patterns out there using old hankies. I have a box of old ones that I really want to make up in a quilt one day. One of those things on that mental list of things I want to do. Enjoy!

I had my mother and grandmothers hankies and wanted to make something for my sisters and brothers waited several years before i decided what to do with them . i have a collection of teapot so i appliced teapots , made a cuboard for them then put a hankie under each it looked like the teapots were sitting in a cuboard with a dollie under each

Roda, Wow, If you do something with the Hankies, please show us. I have all my Grandmothers and Have been thinking for a long time what and how to use them. I was something about cutting them but I don't think I can do that. Let me know . Suzanne

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What a joy to recieve! I have collected "old hankies" for years and saved them up for a project. Noticed there is a booklet out now on making quilts from hankies. Just not sure if I want to put them all together? They are so nice just to look at by themselves.

So much fun ahead! I've been collecting embroidered hankies on Ebay, use them to make toddler jackets. There was an article in Creative Needle magazine years ago that got me started...Heres a few photos;

the jacket is adorable.........what a great idea. Now it's on my list with what I will do with mine.

I really really like the table cloths.They bring back memories!
Lucky you.
Pickle

Wow, what a great idea, just add it to my list of future projects.

BEAUTIFUL :)