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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Mar 01 2013 : 3:14:43 PM
I was given a lot of hankies that belonged to my sister-in-law, my oldest brother's wife. She had many, many hankies and after she passed away my brother let her sisters have ones they wanted and then let me and my daughter have some. Quite a few, actually.
Then, a couple years ago, my mother-in-law, who is still living but in a nursing home situation, bedridden and not "with us", gave me all of her hankie collection (this was before her current state).
They are all so beautiful, soft colors, bright colors, different sizes, shapes, etc. and I've been thinking about a way to ENJOY them without having them stashed away in a box or drawer.
So, I took three cuphooks and screwed them into the wall just below the ceiling over the bi-fold closet doors in our bedroom. Then I tied 3/8 inch grosgrain ribbon to the cuphooks and using tiny, pastel colored clothespins, hung some of the hankies on the ribbon. They are in a place where then won't get disturbed but are very visible for enjoyment. Since this isn't permanent I can change the hankies out to different ones, different color scheme or whatever.
CJ
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Sep 16 2013 : 08:05:08 AM
Cj is very creative and makes things cute 
Farmgirl Sister #5392
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| HealingTouch |
Posted - Sep 15 2013 : 9:43:26 PM
How cute. Now I want to get my hankies out and do something with them. Diana, That valence is great too!
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Darlene
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| HealingTouch |
Posted - Sep 15 2013 : 9:41:22 PM
How cute. Now I want to get my hankies out and do something with them!
Be Blessed and Be a Blessing,
Darlene
Sister 1922
God first, everything else after!
When Satan's knocking at your door, just say "Jesus will you get that for me?"
When it gets to hard to stand, Kneel!
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| shanda |
Posted - Sep 15 2013 : 11:44:06 AM
How beautiful! A sweet way to display those little pretties.
Shanda
Farmgirl #4233 |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Sep 14 2013 : 8:37:38 PM
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/31384528623609701/
I want to do this in my sewing room.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
| Dare2BUniquelyMe |
Posted - Sep 14 2013 : 6:41:40 PM
I do something similar with old hotpads. I have hung many of them on brads around my kitchen to give it splashes of color. Any number of them are from my grandmother and great grandmother. The different colors are so cheerful.
Sherri |
| HolidayJunkie |
Posted - Mar 29 2013 : 10:31:23 PM
Rosemary, I just seen that book at the library yesterday. Very nice!!
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| HolidayJunkie |
Posted - Mar 29 2013 : 10:27:21 PM
Mines not vintage, but I just picked one of these up at Ikea. Funny thing is, just this week I washed all our hankies and used it to hang them dry. It looked very pretty with all of them hanging there. :)
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| katmom |
Posted - Mar 27 2013 : 9:29:45 PM
I have a retro pink 'delicate dryer'... that I use in my trailer glamping ....
I also have this vtg one... that I actually use for 'delicates' as well as hankies... to dry.
these were used to hang dry delicates like stockings etc. as well as hankies.... they nearly disappeared,,, but now you can find new-retro ones in speciality catalogs.
>^..^<
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Mar 24 2013 : 03:34:04 AM
That looks so pretty. It really appeals to me. I only have a few, about four, and it sounds like I use them in my bedroom the way you have, too. They are so pretty. I like to be able to see them, like you said.
Marianne |
| katmom |
Posted - Mar 04 2013 : 8:41:02 PM
oh CeeJay,,, they are darling... lucky you.
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Mar 04 2013 : 09:17:59 AM
Rosemary those would be cute, I'll bet.
I know how to make sweet angels with hankies and have done so with other hankies that have no "connection" to me.
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
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| AmethystRose |
Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 9:53:06 PM
Last year I bought a trade paperback called "Hankie Couture" by Marsha Greenberg. I'm not a doll person, but I had to have it because of the clever way that she used old hankies to make dresses for a Barbie sized doll. It includes a template to trace for basic patterns. |
| Ninibini |
Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 7:56:25 PM
Looove this, CJ! Simply love it!!! Hugs - nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 09:22:29 AM
Yup . . . my SIL, Eleanor. And my MIL, Caroline!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
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living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 08:12:30 AM
Nice idea, CJ. Cute. And you'll always be thinking of your SIL.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| ceejay48 |
Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 06:09:44 AM
Thanks girls! Just needed to do something. My hubby really likes it too!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
| texdane |
Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 06:06:40 AM
Cute, CJ. You are just so clever! I love it.
Hugs,
Nicole
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| annielaurel |
Posted - Mar 03 2013 : 05:22:56 AM
Those hankies looks so pretty up there. How clever of you.
Hugs,
Nancy
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| laurentany |
Posted - Mar 02 2013 : 8:09:27 PM
That looks so nice CJ! What a great idea, and I love the fact that they are being "used"instead of stuck in a drawer somewhere.
Pretty cool!
Hugs,
~Laurie
"Little Hen House on the Island"
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Mar 02 2013 : 08:38:23 AM
Very cute CJ
By His Grace, For His Glory
~Sharon
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| Penny Wise |
Posted - Mar 02 2013 : 07:56:27 AM
i love it!
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Mar 02 2013 : 06:46:44 AM
I have many others, but I also use them to decorate my bathroom and I change that color scheme out about four times a year. There are some other ones decorating other areas in my bedroom as well.
Just wanted to enjoy them!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
| Devongal |
Posted - Mar 02 2013 : 12:48:52 AM
They look lovely ceejay ) Nice idea )
So much to do, so little time :) |
| ceejay48 |
Posted - Mar 01 2013 : 8:25:34 PM
I use hankies for collage pillows and aprons and I have a friend who made some gorgeous wall hangings with hankies. Tempting, but right now I'm not wanting to cut or sew any of these into something . . yet!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
