Addiction # 298 - Vintage Hankerchiefs

 

Yes, I know!! Once I get started on something, I just don't know how to quit.

 

So it is with vintage hankerchiefs!

 

This is an old spoon holder - you know, the kind you display spoons from various travels in.  I got this at the thrift store for $1.48 less 25% and sprayed it red.

 

Then I took the center of each hankerchief and pinched it together and inserted in the little slot.  I started out putting a hankerchief in each slot, but it was too much.  So, put one in about every other slot.

 

 

Another idea is to use them as napkins.  Tuck them into a glass or goblet.  Makes a colorful table setting.

 

I had a friend whose son was getting married and using a vintage theme.  They scoured until they found enough vintage hankerchiefs to use as napkins.  We pressed and folded them and put them beside the plates with the silverware on top.

 

After the wedding, they collected all of the hankerchiefs and she is going to eventually have a quilt made out of them.  What a wonderful keepsake!

 

 

For a soft look anywhere - over a mirror, a window or an arrangement, take twine and stretch across and drape the hankerchiefs on them.  This one just has three.  I put one on each end and then centered the middle one.  A soft, romantic look.

 

 

And last, but not least, make sachets out of them.  I just wadded up a ball of stuffing and added lavender to it.  Then I pulled up the corners and tied them with a polka dot ribbon.  This would make nice favors for a luncheon or tea.

 

So, if you see this crazy woman digging around in bins of old stuff - it's just me hunting old hankerchiefs!

 

Enjoy!

 

Till next time, Judy