Well I have finally finished the handerkerchief quilt - many thanks to friends who kindly gave me hankies that had been tucked away in dressing table drawers for many years to add to my stash, (I now have enough to make another one)! And thanks also to Ruth Buchanan, whose article in Country Threads magazine inspired me in the first place. I had a little pile of my mother's hankies, which I just couldn't part with. She was very much a lady, who always carried a hankie either in her handbag, or tucked into her sleeve - I still have fond memories of tuck shop money tied into the corner of a hankie each school day. So Ruth's article was indeed timely. I have backed and bound the quilt with a soft floral cotton voile, that seemed to fit in with the theme of the quilt. Hopefully I will have a grand-daughter one day, and she can be lovingly wrapped in this soft quilt ... my Mum would have been delighted.
