ISO of someone to sew me a baby bonnet hankie

**Sara Noel** · 07-31-2002, 12:33 AM

Please let me know what you would need from me.

Sara

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

Material
10-10 ½" square of handkerchief linen or heirloom type fabric
or a purchased hanky
1 ¼ yards of 1" wide flat lace
1 yard of ¼" satin ribbon
1 Wing needle
Basting thread or machine embroidery thread
Rotary cutter, mat and ruler

Instructions
1 With rotary cutter, square up linen.Thread your Sewing Machine with fine thread.
2 Place lace along outside edges ¼" 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 hanky 5/8" from hem.
5 To form bonnet, turn back 2 ½" along one edge and press. Attach ribbon 1" in front of this fold at center and 1" in from both edges. Touch a satin stitch heart to tack with.
6 On opposite side, turn back 1", press and sew basting stitch 5/8" from fold. Gather up and secure to form back of bonnet.

**~Sherry~** · 12-28-2002, 09:44 PM

This is such a cute idea!! Here's another variation with a poem to go along with it.....

http://www.sew-whats-new.com/projects/bonnetpoem.shtml

TREASURE HANDKERCHIEF BONNET POEM
(to put with bonnet)

I'm just a little hankie
As square as 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 always been told
The well dressed bride must always
Wear something that is old.

So what could be more fitting
Then to find little 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.

**Heather** · 01-09-2003, 10:25 AM

Oh, these are adorable, my daughter has one. I tucked it in her christening gown (it was too small to wear at that time) when she was Christened and now it is put away for when she gets married.

**frugalmel** · 01-09-2003, 02:11 PM

WHat a beautiful idea! Wish I would have known about it when dd was christened!

oh well, she got to wear my christening gown. So I guess that will have to suffice.

Sara I wish I could help but I am new to sewing and don't even know what a entredeux stitch is! I hope you can find somebody! I am not confident enough to sew someting that will be such a cherished heirloom for someone else. Maybe someday I will be good at it.