I have seen old hankies made into small pillows just the size of the hankie. If there are enough maybe she could make one for each grandchild which would give that person to remember their grandmother. glenda c. in Texas

An online friend who is too ill to sew anymore, gave them to me. They belonged to her Mother. She had always wanted to do something with them, but somehow never got to it. I made the pillow for her as a remembrance.

The Butterfly Blocks made with OLD hankies are beautiful . I made a full size quilt in 2004 I also have the original book it was in Stitch and sew 1990 also inQuilt world march 1998,
I did the button hole stitch and satin stitch on them . Set up blocks with yellow and Hand Quilted Nimble Thimble

Kellie, If there is a lot of hankies, she could make a quilt, I have some that were my grandmother's and great grandmother's, that's what I plan to do. However, I plan to put them in blocks with fabric frames or sashing around them so I don't have to cut them up. Gerbie

In the quick 3 years that I've been quilting, I have done 2 projects with OLD hankies. I've attached photos of a baby quilt I made in anticipation of the birth of our 1st grandchild (he's now almost 9 months old). This quilt has hankies on it from the babies ancestors that represent BOTH sides of his family and go back 6 generations from his. I machine initialed each and every piece of hanky that was used with the initials of the lady who own the hanky. In my instance it was a blessing that "pieces" could be utilized - some hankies had some really unusable areas in them. On the back of this quilt I machine embroidered the initials used on the front then alongside of initials I spelled out each person's full name. The names were divided in paragraphs each one of which represented a different generation. There wasn't a dry eye at our daughter's shower. My other hankie quilt used whole hankies that were mine and my mother's (she's be gone 32 years). I have yet to quilt it but it is really pretty. I'll try tp post a photo if I can locate it.

I use white hankies with lace around then to make baby hats for when they come home from the hospital. Then if it is a boy when he get's married he can give it to his new wife and if it is a girl she can use is for her self or just leave it a a bonnet and use it on there children and pass it down.

My mom and I are working on a "crazy quilt" wall hanging using hankies she got as gifts when she taught school in a one room school house on the prairies of North Dakota 45 years ago. You use a white or off-white backing and stitch the decorative portions of the hankies crazy quilt style to it. You can add decorative trims and embroidery to it and make it as large as you want. Then you do a border in a coordinating fabric. You can be as ambitious as you want to be. So much nicer to see these lovely reminders of the past on the wall instead of in a box in the cedar chest!

I would love to see a pic. of the crazy quilt using hankies. If you have one can you post it? I'll bet it's beautiful done as a crazy quilt.

They would make a beautiful quilt, a crazy quilt, small wall hanging using the hankies ,(embroidered parts). It would make a beautiful baby quilt for that special girl.

Very nice pillow, just my cup of tea, I love to do projects like that.