{"id":22698,"date":"2012-05-06T20:08:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T00:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=22698"},"modified":"2022-07-30T02:35:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T06:35:02","slug":"vintage-hankies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/06\/vintage-hankies\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Vintage Hankies"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE<\/strong>: Take a look at the fabulous quilt Lynn made for her mother. She left this comment: I also love vintage hankies. My mother had several that had been gifts from friends and penpals when she was young. She gave then to me and I regifted some of them back to her in a quilt. I used some designs from Embroidery Library and sent them a few photos of the completed project. They put them up on the website and hhere’s the link<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I love pretty handkerchiefs. I love the exquisite needlework, the elaborate designs, and the options they offer for re-purposing. They can be used in so many ways–vintage handkerchiefs are like money in the bank. But you don’t have to break the bank to get them. Each of these cost $1!<\/p>\n

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Of course, there is the original purpose for these beauties. Aside from the one set aside for my own personal use, I find it is handy to always have a clean one in my purse for others.<\/p>\n

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The bottom hanky has shadow embroidery in each corner. These are perfectly white, but raising the resolution to show detail has colored the shadows yellow.<\/p><\/div>\n

My friend Terri Click<\/a> abhors a hankie and is always equipped with a generous supply of tissue. But many people are unprepared for the first sneeze of a new cold or an especially touching sermon. Note to self: use less-than-favorites for giveaways.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The label says “Made in Switzerland.” The other was in an unopened envelope.<\/p><\/div>\n

My supply is regularly replenished at estate sales or the antique shop I just visited. Every handkerchief shown in this blog was $1.How’s that for a deal?<\/p>\n

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This batch of colored linen was an especially happy find. For Madeira applique’ this very fine linen is perfect. I have no qualms about cutting into unembellished linen. And what a great assortment of 10″ squares. It appears that these have never been used, as several still had the label identifying them as 100% linen.The pink one with a row of hemstitching is the only odd one.<\/p>\n

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These with crochet edges are ideal for the hanky purses <\/a>I make my granddaughter, Laurel. She has allergy problems and really needs to have a handkerchief nearby at all times. I’ve started making a purse to match her church dresses and loading it with another hanky and her offering.<\/p>\n

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These are also great starts for doll clothes. Recently there was a pattern on-line for a pinafore made from a handkerchief.<\/p>\n

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Colored or plaid fabric always catches my eye.<\/p>\n

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The $.69 price tag on this beautifully hand embroidered, hand hemstitched, lavender hanky proved that this is very old.<\/p>\n

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Pink plaid with sweet embroidery is so charming. Do I like it especially because the design is crooked, just like the one I embroidered on Laurel’s collar<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Do I feel vindicated that even hand embroiderers get it wrong?<\/p>\n

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White hankies are always classic and usually present fine needlework. They make really sweet collars for yoke dresses. I spotted this interesting adult version<\/a> of the handkerchief collar.<\/p>\n

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It’s likely that the gray crocheted edge hanky was dedicated to funeral use<\/p><\/div>\n

You might have noticed that Janice Ferguson Sews\u00a0 is waaaaay overdue for a new post. I could wail “How Busy Am I!” but suffice it to say that with surprise out-of-town guests and trying to finish up the spa wraps for my granddaughter’s birthday party, I’ve been tied up.<\/p>\n

While our guests were here, I was lucky enough to find some of these hankies when we visited a local antique shop. I hope you have enjoyed seeing them.<\/p>\n

This post is linked up to Faded Charm’s White Wednesday<\/a> Linky Party. There are some lovely things posted there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: Take a look at the fabulous quilt Lynn made for her mother. She left this comment: I also love vintage hankies. My mother had several that had been gifts from friends and penpals when she was young. She gave … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,63],"tags":[642,644,641,643],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22698"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22698"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39473,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22698\/revisions\/39473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}