Handkerchief quilts

This blog is all about saving bits and pieces and making the most out of a ragged edge dresser scarf. There are 28 pictures below, most all have information in the picture captions. My intention is…

Not too long ago, everyone had a handy-dandy vintage handkerchief, but those old-time hankies don’t need to be antiques off a shelf, there are plenty of ways

It has been a productive and eclectic year for me as a quilt designer and maker. While cutting down my teaching engagements has been a litt...

Quilt made from vintage hankies.

Free quilt pattern Vintage Hankie Butterfly Quilt Pattern Tutorial and free quilting how to information. Antique Handkerchief. Printable quilt pattern.

This is my first tutorial and my first multi-size handkerchief rag quilt. I usually collect hankies until I have enough of the same size and simply put them together in the normal way for a rag quilt but I had so many hankies of various sizes that I was not using because I didn't have enough of a particular size. I wanted to figure out a good way to make the quilt using all the different sizes. I thought I could put a small size next to a big size and it would all work out in the end but the…

This handy laminated reference guide offers you a variety of basic embroidery stitches, variations, and combinations to be used as seam coverings for your crazy quilt. Weve also included spider and web motifs, common Victorian symbols of good luck.

A lovely customer of mine recently asked me to machine quilt her Vintage Handkerchief Quilt. This was a custom longarm job, and I love how it turned out! Jeanette first backed the hankies with whi…

Hubby and I took a drive in the country on Sunday afternoon to another quilt show. This was the 'Illinois Valley Quilter's Guild' show. I've been wanting to attend this show for many years, but, it's over Spring Break, and I'm usually traveling to Texas and miss the show. I stayed home this year, and finally got to attend the show. Yipee! I love quilt shows. Handkerchief butterfly quilt close up of the handkerchief butterflies I love string quilts another string quilt another handkerchief…

I'd hoped to finish two PIGS (Projects in Grocery Sacks) in May but it didn't happen. I had a project for Creative Machine Embroidery to make. See my blog here to see that pretty quilt.