Handkerchiefs Gorgeous ladies handkerchiefs ...every proper lady used one....before paper handkerchiefs were born in the 1920s! Oh what pretty designs & patterns..some with lace, crochet edging & embroidery....so lovely!...many that I have soaked, air dried & ironed..  Did you know that back in the day..carrying a handkerchief helped chaperoned young people to devise a code for conversations? Drawing the hankie close to the cheek meant "I love you!" A hankie held to the right cheek meant "Yes." The left cheek meant "No." A hankie drawn to the forehead meant "We're being watched." If thrown over the shoulder it meant "Follow me."  Sometimes I  like to create pretty sachets or little pillows with the good parts of damaged hankies... to hang on a knob or to tuck in a corner somewhere. so please check back often for more beautiful floral & embroidered lace hankies, plus beautiful one of a kind pieces of  handcrafted vintage jewelry! Vintage Sachet $7.00 Blue Bird Sachet $7.00 Lavender Butterfly Hankie Sachet $8.50 Southern Belle Hankie Sachet $14.50 French Vanilla Hankie Sachet $8.50 Hankie Pillow Sachet $14.50