Repurposing Idea ~ Romantic Vintage Handkerchief Table Coverlet
Valentine Treat 5
~Vintage Handkerchief Table Coverlet~
Jeff and I went thrifting together last week…
I was searching for something specific that day…
Vintage handkerchiefs!
I found 24 of them!
Vintage handkerchiefs
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A sewing machine and thread…
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A romantic table coverlet!
photographs by Melissa Placzek
Just go to your nearest thrift store and pick up some vintage hankies…
OR
order some vintage reproduction hankies
try to get hankies that are the same size.
If you can’t, just fudge the lines.
I used many different sizes.
I think the imperfections add to the charm of the piece.
Have fun making yours!
xoxo,
Melissa
What a fun, great idea!!! And so adorable!!
It was easy to put together too…just press those little hankies before you sew them together and it’s a breeze. Took me about an hour! 🙂
So pretty! I was so excited about this when we chatted about it on the phone, but seeing it on your table….I love it! What a fun idea. Some day, I will also do this. Some day. 😉
They ARE so pretty! Maybe I’ll just have to make you one! XO
OK, so I’ve never noticed hankies and tableclothes before at the antique stores, but today I went to Stillwater and they had tons of them!! So funny how you don’t notice things that are always there until someone brings it to your attention.
the more we talk about the things I collect, the more I’m thinking that hoarder show is going to show up at my door, LOL. I always make a b-line to the linens when I go to antique/thrift stores. I can safely say that I have enough tablecloths, hankies, and doilies to make a cozy for my house. How many is too many? *twitch* 🙂
Omg, I am in love. I have never seen vintage hankercheifs! This is so darling 🙂
Thanks sweet girl 🙂
Melissa, I am so glad to see that you put the hankies together by sewing them. I bought some last fall at a show from a gal who took the hankies and used an iron-on backing to make the table cloth more durable. This actually ruins the hankies. The only reason I bought the tablecloth was I liked the colors in the hankies. Watch my antique & collectible column February 11th in the Rochester Post Bulletin as I visit with a gal who collects hankies and made a quilt from her grandmother’s hankies. Also, watch for hankies presentations that I will be doing with my over 1000 hankies talking about the history, memories and more…The same as I do the tea cup and the apron presentations.
OOh! the quilt sounds lovely! I’ll watch for that 🙂 xo