I was wondering what I could do with my fabric scraps but didn't want to sew a quilt. So I decited to sew some embroidered hankies. Normally you see them only in historic movier or at your grandparents but handkerchiefs are a more sustainable option to classic paper tissues and I really love using them at home.
With the cottagcore trend and the growing demand for sustainable options I think handkerchiefs will come back into fashion and in todays tutorial I show you how you can sew and embroider your own hankies.
▶️ Sewing chapters:
00:00 My opinion about handkerchiefs
01:05 Cut ou a 25 x 25 cm square out of cotton
01:25 Iron back the edges
01:35 Topstitch the seam
01:45 How to sew a handkerchief by hand
02:00 Fix the open edges with a running stitch
02:16 Fold the seam and close it with an invisible stitch
02:41 How to embroider a bouillon stitch
04:45 How to do the stem stitch
07:26 How to do a square boss stitch
08:26 How to do crossstitches
08:54 The final designs
09:41 What do you think?
▶️ Materials used:
- 25 x 25 cm cotton fabric scraps
- Scissors
- Sewing thread
- Iron
- Pins
- Embroidery needles
- 2x nude embroidery floss for the Bouillon stitch
- 1x brown &lavendar embroidery floss
- 1x light blue embroidery floss
- Frixxon pen
