HANKIES Vintage

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Comment by Debra Yancey-Miller on April 21, 2013 at 9:48am

MY kind of door!  Beautiful!  Now, why can't I find stuff like this at a store?

Comment by C. Dianne Zweig Editor's Desk on April 21, 2013 at 9:26am

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Comment by Debra Yancey-Miller on April 11, 2013 at 2:42pm

Oh, BJ, the hankies aren't really focal points.  The ARE the quilt and the smaller ones are made bigger to match the larger ones by using the right size of lace, which I also collect.

Comment by Debra Yancey-Miller on April 11, 2013 at 2:40pm

Oh dear!  Those ruffled ones that you have on your web page would be HORRIBLE to put into a quilt.

BJMOO: I've never in my life made a quilt and this one has pieces that are all different sizes and I'm sewing it by hand.  I haven't yet decided on the padding color but I think I may use one of my vintage blankets, then match that for the back.

Comment by SharonS on April 11, 2013 at 2:23pm

Fine antique lace hankies from Sharon's

Comment by Debra Yancey-Miller on March 24, 2013 at 2:42pm

I started sewing my hankies together to make a curtain for my book cabinet so that my books didn't fade or get dusty.  Since the hankies are all different sizes I put my lace remnants between them as needed.  The curtain got too big so I decided to add more to use as a curtain for my sliding glass doors.  Now I'm thinking of putting a plain colored piece of material under the curtain, then batting, then another piece of material and quilting it together.  Since I don't know how to use a machine and I take comfort in needlework, I will quilt it by hand if I live long enough.

Comment by Carol J Maroni on March 24, 2013 at 7:56am

I love old hankies! Thank was some of the things that was saved for me when my mom died when I was 10. They were in two little boxes, one a little wooden one with a clasp, and the other is a flowered candy tin. She died in 1955 ( I am telling my age!). I would keep them closed, but every so often I would open one and I could smell a special fragrance that I would remember! I still cherish these so much! What I like to find when I am scrounging are childrens hankies. It is so much fun when I find one! The thrill is in the hunt gals!

It's Palm Sunday, hooray! Hosannah!

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