What do make of old hankies
#41
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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
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Originally Posted by Ada Shiela
Hello debraK - I love your hankie cushion, absolutely beautiful - I have an old quilting magazine pattern of butterflies made with folded hankies and they would be just the thing for making that quilt - where did you find such lovely hankies? :hunf:
#43
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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
I did the button hole stitch and satin stitch on them . Set up blocks with yellow and Hand Quilted Nimble Thimble
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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
#45
Originally Posted by Kellie G
My friend just lost her home to a fire in January. Just recently they were going through some boxes from the garage that were not damaged and she found several hankies that her husband's grandmother left. She is not a real creative person and wondered what she could do with them to hand them down to her kids and their wives. They are at least 75 years old (the hankies, not the kids). Any suggestions from you creative people out there?
#46
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.
#47
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!
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