Handkerchief Bonnet

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Handkerchief Baby Bonnet and Poem

First it is a handkerchief designed into a bonnet for a baby. Keep it until baby's wedding day, remove the ribbon and its a handkerchief once again. A perfect shower gift for a bride or baby.

Materials:

1.) 10-10.5 inch square of handkerchief linen or heirloom type fabric or a purchased handkerchief.
2.) 1.25 yards of 1 inch wide flat lace
3.) 2 yard of 1/4 inch satin ribbon
4.) 1 wing needle
5.) Basting thread or machine embroidery thread
6.) Rotary cutter, cutting mat, and ruler

Instructions:

1.) With rotary cutter, square up linen. Thread your sewing machine with fine thread.
2.) Place lace along outside edges 1/4 inch in from edge.
3.) Insert wing needle and touch the entredeux stitch. Stitch lace in place along edge with entredeux stitch. Trim away fabric from behind lace to stitching.
4.) With wing needle and lightweight matching thread, use a decorative stitch to sew the edge of the handkerchief 5/8 inch from hem.
5.) To form bonnet, turn back 2.5 inches along one edge and press. Attach ribbon 1 inch in front of this fold at center and 1 inch in from both edges. Touch a satin stitch heart to tack with.
6.) On opposite side, turn back 1 inch, press and sew basting stitch 5/8 inch from fold. Gather up and secure to form back of bonnet.

Poem to put with the Bonnet:

I'm just a little hankie,
As square as square can be.
But with a small stitch or two,
A bonnet I will be.

I'll be worn from the hospital,
Or on my christening day.
And after that be folded,
Then carefully put away.

When on that future wedding day,
So we've been always told.
The well-dressed bride must always
Wear something that is old.

So what could be more fitting,
Then to find little old me.
And with a few fine stitches snipped,
A wedding hankie be.

And if perchance it's a boy,
Someday he'll surely wed.
Then his bride can have the hankie,
Once worn upon his head.

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