But this one tops them all. She sent me 36 vintage hankies and told me to have fun. And, boy, did I ever. This is 63 x 68, and I used white thread throughout for the quilting.
I did a lot of research first to learn how to handle the hankies, and did a test run on one of my own first. This one I have framed and hanging in the house.
I joined a Facebook Page called Quilting Vintage where I learned a lot, and from there got the idea for the butterflies in the center.
But first - here are 2 pictures showing the whole top in 2 sections:
I quilted a feathered wreath in the middle of the 4 butterflies in the center of the quilt:
Echo quilting around each butterfly took a long time:
This hanky was embroidered with the word "mother", so I made it one of the center hankies:
I fused each hanky onto white cotton to give it some stability, before I cut the size I wanted. Then used a pastel solid that matches the hanky to put in the corners.
Those that have lace or a scalloped edge have extra cotton at the outside so I could maintain that image:
I quilted feathers in each corner, and a stitch-in-the-ditch to get from corner to corner. This also helped to make the hankies pop. They are really puffy.
I quilted a tight ribbon candy in the one inch sashings:
and a butterfly in the larger white sections used to balance the hankies
Feathers in the outer border add to the whole vintage theme:
The backing is a floral print that carries the colors from the front:
