Handkerchief to Bonnet

You will need an ironed 10x10 handkerchief.

Fold one end an inch and then iron flat.

Use a basting stitch and stitch along the fold.

Pull the thread so it gathers and then tie the ends.

Fold the other end 3 inches and iron. 

Place the ribbon in between and tack it on.

 

A bonnet. 

Here is the poem that you put with it:

Magic Hanky

i'm just a little hanky.

As square as can be,

But with a little stitch or two,

They made a bonnet out of me.

I'll be worn from the hospital.

Or on the Christening Day;

Then I'll be carefully pressed

and neatly packed away.

For her Wedding Day,

So we've all been told,

Every well-dressed bride must have

That something old.

So what could be more fitting

Than to find little me,

A few stitches snipped,

And a Wedding Hanky I'll be !

And, if perchance it is a boy

Someday he'll surely Wed,

So to his bride he can present the hanky

Once worn upon his head.

Make sure that you don't stitch too tightly so it can easily be cut. I love this gift. A friend of our family did this for my mom when I was a baby. My mother gave me the bonnet on my wedding day and we cut it so I could use it as a handkerchief. Of course you can dress it up however your creative heart desires.