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Handkerchief Quilt

Posted on June 2, 2011September 18, 2016 by Martha

When Moda released these cute reproduction handkerchiefs in their own little case, I immediately thought of using them to make a quilt for my sister, Mary. This is probably the closest I’ll ever come to making a sampler type quilt, and it’s really not that close. I guess the one thing that makes it a little sampler-like is the unique quilting pattern on each block. It was a lot of fun making up the quilting designs, but I wish now that I had added sashing between the blocks. Mary displays the quilt on the wall behind her bed.

Handkerchief Quilt
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2005
hand quilted
50″ x 50″

7 thoughts on “Handkerchief Quilt”

  1. Jan says:
    June 2, 2011 at 6:36 pm

    They did a good job on making the hankies look truly vintage! The quilt is very cute!

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  2. Allie says:
    June 2, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    That is SO sweet – I love the way you quilted it too! Darling!

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  3. Lorid says:
    June 3, 2011 at 6:46 am

    I love it Martha! I would have never known it wasn’t old hankies.

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  4. Ann Champion says:
    June 3, 2011 at 7:34 am

    What a sweet quilt! The hankie prints are really good reprentatives of the old originals. I like how you quilted each block differently. I remember my Mother always having a hankie in her purse..and it always smelled like the clove gum she also carried. 🙂

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  5. mickie says:
    June 3, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Martha, this is adorable! I remember when we always had to have a hanky with us; wear gloves and hat to church and important places! It really brings back memories!
    How do you accomplish so much by hand and avoid carpel tunnel?>
    You are my hero, gal!
    Mickie

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  6. pratima says:
    June 3, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Martha, what you did with the individual blocks is amazing! The designs you quilted for each block are so beautiful! It is a very cute quilt with fun details.

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  7. Lori says:
    September 18, 2016 at 3:34 pm

    This is beautiful! I am going to make one too. I have so many hankies. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to hand quilt it. It will have to be machine quilted. Yours is so personal and unique with the different quilted blocks. I absolutely love it! Great job! If you have any tips for me they would be very much appreciated.

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