I was reading this thread http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/23066.page and LisaT posted a link to a quilt made out of vintage tablecloths and sheets. What a beautiful quilt! I just got a small vintaqe tablecloth from my parent's house but there may not be enough fabric to do much with. Then, I thought of my grandmother's hankerchiefs. She had probably dozens of them, almost all brand new, some with the tags still on them. I put my favorites in a picture frame divider but maybe I can make a quilt with them.

They are thin, as hankerchiefs are, so would anyone have a recommendation about how to back them with something or is there a product that they could be fused with that wouldn't make them as stiff as a board? A light-weight fusible? An iron-on interfacing? Maybe sewing them with a design onto a background square?

Those are beautiful!
I have a pattern of a quilt , made with handkerchiefs. they cut 13 1/2 in cotton blocks, these are light gray, but could use any color you wanted , and then appliqued them on the blocks. I will be glad to post a picture if you want.

Also a pattern of butterflies, made from hankies and appliqued on Will post picture if you want, just let me know

Yes, I would love to see them. I have never seen one with hankies and was going to do some searching on it.

This is how they are displayed in my sewing room now. I am not sure where the other ones are, I'd have to look for them.

This is one of my favorites. It's a child's hankerchief and it is just darling. I don't know which childs' it was.

There is a soft cover book by, House of White Birches that is called Hankerchief Quilts. (I think) Very cute and lots of projects. Most quilt stores carry it.
I gave my neighbor a huge stack of them I had collected through the years to make a butterfly quilt with them from this book.

Sorry it took me so long, on dial up, and it really sucks today! :lol: :lol:

the first one is done as butterflies, and the second is just squares.

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Thank you for posting them, they're just beautiful! I haven't seen the butterfly one before.

I do like the hankie quilts but I really like the way you have them displayed now Pam, but it sounds like you have plenty.

Oohhhh! Nice! I have lots of hankies to make a quilt with. I did iron 2 onto a fusible and hand quilted them to see if it would work. A friend is making pillows out of them so maybe I can get her to post a pic. I will have to look at home tonight and see what the fusible was, it worked really well and they are not stiff at all. I am hoping to do a quilt as you go with them.