Hankerchief Poems

[Jenny SmithParticipant]

An old Irish tradition is for the handkerchief a woman uses on her wedding day to be kept and then used as a baby bonnet to have her first child wear. Then the handkerchief is passed to the future daughter-in-law (if the child was a boy) or daughter to use on her wedding day, and so on.

You can get instructions on how to do this along with poems at the following websites:

3 poems from LaceFairy.com

Carol Duvall’s hanky intructions

Instructions with Tatting pattern

More ideas on transforming handkerchiefs from About.com

[Jenny SmithParticipant]

Here is a link to a card I made to go with a white handkerchief gift:

Jenny’s White Hankerchief Dress Card

The card looks like this when completed:

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