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| What Can You Do With Vintage HANKIES Handkerchiefs |
VINTAGE HANDKERCHIEFS
Vintage ladies handkerchiefs make a wonderful collectible, and they are still quite affordable. People often ask me though, What do you do with them? How can you display them?
Here are a few ideas for you.
My daughter was fortunate enough to have the same initial as her great grandmother, so she was able to use her vintage handkerchief for her wedding. We incorporated the hankie right into the bouquet.
wedding photos courtesy of Genevieve Fridley Photography
http://www.genphotos.com/
If you are not fortunate enough to have your grandmothers original handkerchief, be sure to click here to see our
MONOGRAMMED HANKIES HANDKERCHIEFS
You can display them framed in clear acrylic clip frames. They can also be stretched over a square painters canvas using double sided tape to hold them in place. You can arrange 8 of these above a bed to create a headboard. 
In the 1940’s they made "parasols" out of hankies for shower prizes
Use them as doilies on tables & nightstands,
Show then off under glass on a coffee table
Sew into quilts, pillows, sachets, tablecloths, or potholders
Hankie Bib & baby’s First Blanket
 
Make a valance by clipping them onto top of curtain with clothespins
Display them in a vase or hang them from a towel bar
Wrap small gifts with them, make hankie angels or hankie dolls,
  
 
A very talented lady named Sheri sent me these photos of her Ginny Dolls dressed with vintage hankies, aren’t they too cute!
Made From Wallpaper Border
Cover a Journal
Frame an Antique or Family Photo
Darling Christmas Stocking Ornaments or Use as a cuff on a solid colored stocking
 
Sew a monogrammed hankie onto the front of a little girls bib overalls
Use them to line your Longerberger baskets (or others)
Trim the edges with beads & make a "cozy" for your teacups
Make a Tea Cozie
Make a wristlet or a tote bag
 
MAKE PRETTY SACHETS
Tie them onto your ponytail, belt loop, or purse,
Tie them to your suitcase handle so you can identify your suitcase at the airport!
Tuck them into birthday, get well or any holiday card
Make Little Girls Clothes!
  
 
CUPCAKE Birthday Cards With Hankie Handkerchiefs
Use monogrammed handkerchiefs for the "something old or something blue" for a bride to be,
Give as gift to bridesmaids, flower girls, mother of bride or groom
Display them hung by little wooden clothespins on a vintage indoor clothesline, or satin ribbon
A customer gave me this idea to pass along. She is giving a monogrammed hankie to her son’s girlfriend as a small gift for her prom night. A nice tradition to start!
Use as a curtain topper 
A customer Sherrie made this fabulous valance all with NANALULU’S Hankies
Isn’t that clever!
Another Curtain Idea!
Another customer idea! They look lovely draped over a nitelight for soft romantic lighting.
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Use any type of vintage rack for display
  
I recently saw these on a blog and just had to add them here, the idea is just adorable. SAVE THE DATE Hankies......How unique!
  
You can also use them for wedding invitations as shown on this website:
birdandbanner.com/french-flea-market/
 
I saw this Hankie Rosette on a blog & thought it was really sweet
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff will show how to make this lovely rosette from a vintage handkerchief. Besides wearing on your favorite sweater, you can use one on a headband, as a hairclip, or curtain tie back.
Go to the tutorial
A few ideas recently shown on Country Livings Website:
http://www.countryliving.com/crafts/
Well I will tell you I never would have thought of this, but it is fun to watch!
How to make a ’camisole’(in fact an early bra) out of a pair of handkerchiefs. It may be similar to the one made by the New York socialite, Mary Phelps-Jacob, - later patented by her, with a more complex form - in 1914. Almost certainly the model wears it over her shift for reasons of cinematic propriety. British Pathe archivist dates it to around 1921.
See the You-Tube video here (authentic vintage!)
Classic Literature
Autobiography Of A Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper
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