I have inherited a pile of lovely handkerchiefs from my Granny, and I’d like to make some keepsakes from them so they don’t just end up stashed away in a drawer.
I’m definitely planning on making or embellishing some cushion covers from a few of them – we also inherited my grandparent’s amazing 60s couch, and once our second room is finished (soon, soon!) that will go into my studio, and some new cushions will be a perfect addition.
Here are some other ideas that I’ve come across…
First, some bunting from The Craft Begins.
And this one from The Mother Huddle. I like both of these because I could not bring myself to actually cut them up.
Don’t think I’ll get away with this anywhere but in my studio, but that’s okay!
On the window theme, a little curtain, shared by Dancing Hen.
This last one is my favourite. I’m thinking of taking the white handkerchiefs and making a number of these for Granny’s other female descendents – a few cousins and their children.
The best thing is that not only do I have Granny’s hankies, I also have Nanna’s (Granny’s mother and my Great-Grandmother) button collection! So I could combine the two. I think that would be a wonderful gift for my family.
This tutorial is from Kootoyoo.
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I think that is a great and generous idea! I would love to see the end result!
What gorgeous ideas Jess – I especially love the last one! I used my nans old tablecloths, cut them into squares and made a very BASIC quilt blankety thing for our bed. Looks similiar to your lovely curtains shown here.
There is just something so special about reusing these precious goods…
Hope all went ok today Jess – thinking of you x
Dan
Dan, Jamie-lynn, thank you xx It was a good day – we all got to share our memories and laugh and cry together – it was the send-off she would have wanted.
gorgeous!
How lucky Jess, to have inherited such a pile of loveliness! I made a sketch book and pencil purse out of one I found at an op shop and sewed a ribbon on it to tie it together. Now my drawing book is well dressed whenever I go out. When I go away, it even fits my trusty little friend which I blogged about http://pittwaterspirit.com.au/vignettes/2010/03/my-trusty-little-friend/.
P.S. Was that spammy? I only thought of my link half way through writing my comment, hope that’s ok. Jess, Feel free to delete if it offends.
No, not at all, Suzi! thanks for sharing 🙂
What a lovely idea to do something with your grandmother’s hankerchiefs! I especially love the last one! Looking forward to seeing the finished result!
Lisa
So inspired by this one Jess, I just had to visit the op shop. Back now with some gorgeous finds 🙂 It’s going to be a Happy Mother’s Day!
I love all of these ideas! I especially like the pincushion idea because it is a useful item for today, made from a useful item of the past.
We have quite a collection in use at our house and I am always looking for more…in fact, I recognize a couple of hankies in your first photo! But if I want to make some of these projects, I might have to arm wrestle some of the hankie users in this house. Another reason I like the pincushion–it only requires on hankie!
Really really excellent ideas!
I don’t have many old handkerchiefs, but I love them and would love to have them out to see….perhaps I’ll make the pin pillow.
(Your shoes in your banner pic are really great, where are they from?)
Glad to hear it, Suzi! 😀
Mei, good luck snaffling some hankies 🙂
Sarah – if it’s the camel-coloured one, they were found at my local op-shop, BUT they are a lovely handmade South African brand called Tsonga – http://www.tsonga.com/
I think this is a wonderful idea to discover this metal for producing lovely stuff for our bedroom and drawing room. I think I would make a pillow from this idea for my daughter.