Make a Handkerchief Table Runner

 Hello Readers. I love the look of vintage items and fabrics. These beautiful handkerchiefs were at a thrift store just waiting for me to snap them up. The colors and designs were just gorgeous. I liked them so much that I couldn't imagine using them for a runny nose. But what could I do with them? Let's make a colorful table runner. (Similar hankies here.)

This table runner is a bright colorful touch on this dresser in a woman's bedroom and it was so simple to put together.

I love vintage tags. This handkerchief is from the Philippines. Look at that pretty scalloped edge. 

I bought these handkerchiefs before I even knew what I wanted to do with them. I thought about what I could make with my hankies for months. They were so pretty I wanted to use them in clothing but they were so sheer, I could not figure out a way to do that without exposing myself. I decided that home decoration would be a better use. 

I had 4 handkerchiefs but that was plenty for this project. You could use 3-5 and get the same look and effect when you put them together. I ironed my hankies nice and flat and tried a few different arrangements to see what I liked. 

 

I decided that keeping the squares in a straight line would work best for my dresser. You can arrange your hankies however you like but putting your favorites in the center will make them the focus on the table or dresser you put them out on. 

 

I used white thread to sew these handkerchiefs together. All my hankies had a white background so the thread would blend in well. I put the edge of this yellow hankie on top of the red hankie, overlapping them by about 1/4 inch. I stitched along the edge of this yellow hankie to attach them to each other. I could have just spread the hankies on my dresser but I thought they would shift around and perhaps slip off the dresser over time. I wanted them attached to each other in one piece so they would stay put.

 

 I attached one hankie to another to another until they were all attached to each other in a straight line. 

 

I spread the runner on the dresser. It was long enough to hang down a little bit on the right and left sides of the dresser. That is just what I wanted. The different colors are pretty all together and I was happy with how it looked.

 

I added some white milk glass pieces that would look nice with the hankies and they were usually on this dresser anyway. 

 

I loved how the runner turned out on my dresser and it was so easy to make this fun colorful decoration. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.