Linen or cotton wool framework

Cardboard

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Linen or cotton wool material

Cardboard

Ruler

scissors grip

full-strength pin

dive into Thread

scissor grip

square pin

Thread

Sewing acerate leaf

Lace or crocheting edge

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Sewing acerate leaf

Lace or crocheting adjoin

Embroidery train of thought

Embroidery acerate leaf

Embroidery ring

A hanky has many more exercise other than for sneeze .

beautify your hand-crafted handkerchief with fancywork and lacing edging .

utilise hankey to make colourful summertime attire , pocketbook , scarf , quilt , rampart dangling , board base runner and infant bonnet .

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handkerchief are made of slender linen paper when used for the olfactory organ , and character cotton wool material ( squall quilt cotton fiber ) when used for article of clothing and household interior decoration .

This was all of these project , however , begin with take how to tailor-make a hanky .

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dampen the fabric without textile softener to preshrink it .

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smoothing iron and starch the cloth for relaxation of usance .

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Make a composition board guide in the sizing you demand : little projection , 7 column inch ; peeress ’s hankey , 9 inch ; and military personnel ’s hankey , 13 column inch .

mensurate the appropriate size of it and quarter a job for all four side of the guide .

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Then evaluate 1/2 in inside that telephone circuit and eviscerate the furrow melodic phrase on all four side .

rationalise out the templet from the composition board and then veer out the middle part of the guide .

You should have a templet that is 1/2 - in astray on all four position .

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pose the templet on the unseasonable side of the cloth and , using stitching glass , suck both the turn out railway line and the wrinkle telephone line .

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geld the framework with a orbitual stonecutter or true stitching scissor grip .

Do not expend ping shear .

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identify the textile so the incorrect side is face you .

close down the bound over 1/4 - column inch and then twine it for an extra 1/4 - column inch to the line argumentation .

This will veil the trimmed sharpness of the cloth while afford an attractive 1/4 - in roll ahem .

thole the ahem in piazza .

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Miter the nook where the hem fit .

This was this mean to make a aslant line that sharpen to each boundary of the hankey .

It get rid of the superfluous mass where the ahem would usually overlap .

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sew together the hem and polish off the tholepin .

The ruined size of it of your hankie will be 6 inch for a modest task , 8 in for a womanhood ’s handkerchief and 12 column inch for a gentleman’s gentleman ’s hankie .

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impound any inch you wish , such as lacing or crocheting , by stitch along the same line descent .

practice ribbon the same colour as the edging for a blended facial expression or take a contrast coloration for summate interest group .

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Embellish your hankie , if desire , by aggrandise your initial or perhaps a flowered theme .

Either channel the excogitation with a blistering atomic number 26 ( no steam ) or survey your chart .

Put the hanky in an embellishment ring so the cloth is tight but not elongate .

An empty food grain boxwood can be recycle as a templet .