NINETY SIX HANKIES..VERY VERY OLD BEAUTIFUL HAND EMB'D HAND CROCHET, BURNOUT ROSES, LINEN, BABY COTTON ALL SOFTLY STACKED IN AN OLD ROSE BOX. OWNING A BOUTIQUE DOWN TOWN IN THE HISTORIC DISTRIC GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET LOTS OF INTERESTING PEOPLE...KNOWING HOW MUCH I LOVE OLD THINGS PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER TO BRING ME THEIR TREASURES THEY NO LONGER WANT. AND WITH TIMES BEING SO TOUGH LATELY I HAVE HAD A LOT OF WALK-INS SELLING ALL SORTS OF ITEMS...YESTERDAY A GAL CAME IN WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL OLD FLORAL BOX STUFFED WITH TONS OF HER GRANDMOTHERS & GREAT AUNTS HANKERCHIEFS ( 96 TO BE EXACT)...I BOUGHT THE BOX FOR A SONG BUT FOR SOME REASON FELT BAD SHE WAS LETTING GO OF THIS LITTLE BOX FILLED WITH SOME OF HER FAMILY TREASURES...THE SMELL IS SO SWEET, THE HANKIES ARE SO SOFT IT TOOK BE BACK IN TIME REMEMBERING MY NANNY SARAH HOW SHE ALWAYS CARRIED A HANKIE IN HER POCKETBOOK... I STILL HAVE SOME OF THEM TUCKED AWAY IN MY DRAWER. WHEN I SHOWED THEM TO MY DAUGHTER THIS MORNING I SAID WHAT CAN I MAKE WITH THESE..AND SHE SAID MOMMY WHY DON'T YOU MAKE SOMETHING FOR THE GIRL YOU BOUGHT THEM FROM... RIGHT THEN MY HEART MELTED... YES!!!! THAT IS THE THING TO DO... I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL SO SHE HAS A SPECIAL MEMORY SHE CAN KEEP AND HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE TO SELL... O.K. HERE IS THE QUESTION..ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT I CAN MAKE BESIDES A QUILT. I LOVE TO GIVE AND THINK THE SWEET YOUNG LADY WHO GAVE THESE TO ME DESERVES A GIFT FROM THE HEART. LET ME KNOW YOUR IDEAS. XOXOXOLAURA
Sunday, October 5, 2008
VINTAGE HANKIES.THE GIFT OF GIVING
NINETY SIX HANKIES..VERY VERY OLD BEAUTIFUL HAND EMB'D HAND CROCHET, BURNOUT ROSES, LINEN, BABY COTTON ALL SOFTLY STACKED IN AN OLD ROSE BOX. OWNING A BOUTIQUE DOWN TOWN IN THE HISTORIC DISTRIC GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET LOTS OF INTERESTING PEOPLE...KNOWING HOW MUCH I LOVE OLD THINGS PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER TO BRING ME THEIR TREASURES THEY NO LONGER WANT. AND WITH TIMES BEING SO TOUGH LATELY I HAVE HAD A LOT OF WALK-INS SELLING ALL SORTS OF ITEMS...YESTERDAY A GAL CAME IN WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL OLD FLORAL BOX STUFFED WITH TONS OF HER GRANDMOTHERS & GREAT AUNTS HANKERCHIEFS ( 96 TO BE EXACT)...I BOUGHT THE BOX FOR A SONG BUT FOR SOME REASON FELT BAD SHE WAS LETTING GO OF THIS LITTLE BOX FILLED WITH SOME OF HER FAMILY TREASURES...THE SMELL IS SO SWEET, THE HANKIES ARE SO SOFT IT TOOK BE BACK IN TIME REMEMBERING MY NANNY SARAH HOW SHE ALWAYS CARRIED A HANKIE IN HER POCKETBOOK... I STILL HAVE SOME OF THEM TUCKED AWAY IN MY DRAWER. WHEN I SHOWED THEM TO MY DAUGHTER THIS MORNING I SAID WHAT CAN I MAKE WITH THESE..AND SHE SAID MOMMY WHY DON'T YOU MAKE SOMETHING FOR THE GIRL YOU BOUGHT THEM FROM... RIGHT THEN MY HEART MELTED... YES!!!! THAT IS THE THING TO DO... I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL SO SHE HAS A SPECIAL MEMORY SHE CAN KEEP AND HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE TO SELL... O.K. HERE IS THE QUESTION..ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT I CAN MAKE BESIDES A QUILT. I LOVE TO GIVE AND THINK THE SWEET YOUNG LADY WHO GAVE THESE TO ME DESERVES A GIFT FROM THE HEART. LET ME KNOW YOUR IDEAS. XOXOXOLAURA
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Thanks for participating in my giveaway! Good Luck!
...hmmm I have no ideas of what to do with all the hankerciefs right now...but I´ll think about it!
Liisa
I saw some hankys sewn together to make the most beautiful curtain. they would look so pretty as a delicate cloth falling over the edges of a lounge table, or a precious lining in a vintage cashmere cardigan.
Hugs for a lovely weekend
Lynn xx
I'll post a pic of my moms valance...it's different from what you expect and can be easily made in any length. I'll pop back when I get it posted and tell you.
Sachets made from old hankies are sweet too. I think it's lovely that you are doing this...and you must be so proud of your daughter for thinking of it.
Have you seen the hanky bunting that Heather is making for Sweet Six Studios?
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