My true love gave to me… Personalized mens handkerchiefs.
My Dad loves handkerchiefs. It is the one thing I think of first when I think of him. He always has a clean, fresh hanky his pocket which he sprays every morning with a bit of his cologne. If I ever had a runny nose, dirt on my face or anything else, out came the hanky.
Men can be hard to make stuff for but this one is easy.
What you need:
Soft 100% cotton fabric. I bought an 800 thread count white sheet a few years ago which has been used for many projects but the best one is hankies.
Cut your hanky to what ever size you like. I cut mine 11 x 11. Press a hem all around and then press that hem under once again so there is no raw edge exposed. Machine stitch around.
Print whatever you want to embroider on your hanky in your favorite font (simpler fonts are easier to work with). Place your printed paper behind the fabric and trace onto the hanky. You could use a disappearing ink pen but I just use a pencil with a sharp point and write lightly.
Then you either put your hanky in an embroidery hoop or just do some freehand embroidery. I usually don’t use a hoop but for the tutorial purposes I did.
Trace the letters with your needle and thread and at the end of each letter, make a tiny knot and cut your thread so that your hanky looks as good from the back as from the front. Voila!!
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