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Handkerchiefs made of old bed sheets

 Upcycling my old worn out 100% cotton bed sheets, into handkerchiefs, is both good for the environment, and gives me better quality handkerchiefs, than I have been able to find for sale, in the last few decades! I also have a hard time finding affordable 100% cotton woven fabric, which is the right softness for hankies. Good quality bed sheets are just right, for hankies when they have been worn out, and washed, for many years! Hankies at top of blog are hand sewn, hankies at bottom, were sewn on a Kenmore 1914 (158.19140) sewing machine, using the Q foot. I did try using the rolled hemmer foot, but my fabric was so soft, it needed starched, for the best feeding, and I didn't want to starch and iron them, so I used the Q foot, a clear presser foot actually designed for sewing knits. It worked GREAT on hanky hems, too! Sarting off with a leader scrap of 2 layers of the same type of çloth or fabric, sew to the edge, and put the needle down, in the fabric, right at the edge. Prepare

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