✂ Making sustainable Handkerchiefs/Tissues - 6 Basic Embroidery Stitches - DIY Tutorial

Hello Crafter,
today I finally made my first handkerchiefs. Or are they called tissues? 😂 I am german so I am not quite sure.
But I am certain that after spending so much time and effort on those "handkerchiefs" I am more likely to actually use them on my journey to live more sustainably and create less waste.
You can totally get away with buying reusable tissues but what would be the fun in that? 😉
Instead, I decided to not just sew but embroider my handkerchiefs (I just can´t decide which word to use forgive me 🙈). There are so many lovely embroidery stitches. Back stitch, chain stitch, fly stitch, zig zag stitch, herringbone stitch, cross stitch.
It took me hours, but I learned something through it and they turned out so beautiful that I will simply have to use them to show them off 😂 (maybe, we will see).
So in this little DIY tutorial, I want to show you 6 easy embroidery stitches for the hems.
I hope you´ll enjoy the video and that you might embroider your own handkerchiefs/tissues/hankies/Taschentücher/whatever. 😊
Love Lexi
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Time Stamps
0:03 min. Preparing the handkerchief/tissue
1:39 min. Back Stitch
2:16 min. Fly Stitch
3:17 min. Chain Stitch
4:47 min. Cross Stitch
6:37 min. Herringbone Stitch
7:50 min. Zig Zag Stitch
Materials:
an old bedsheet or other fabric of your choice
yarn
sewing needle
pins
scissors
ruler
fabric chalk
iron
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[@petercane6376]

I am an old man now and I enjoy sewing with my old antique machines. There is a certain charm to hand stitching and you can see its hand made. I am going to give it a go and make my daughter in law some linen hand sewn hankies. Thank you.

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

Hello Peter, what a lovely idea 🥰 I hope your daughter in law likes it. I enjoy handsewing. Yes, it is not as fast as with the machine but as you said, there is a certain charm to it and you can do it whereever you want ☺️. I hope you have a lovely day! Love Lexi

[@frougz8233]

Woa!! I’m going to try to make this a gift for my mum! I’ll do my best to make it good and hopefully embroidered

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

Hello @Frougz, thank you so much for watching my video. I really hope your mum will like the gift, but it is such a lovely project and a very simple way to start with sewing and embroidering. I am also just a beginner and I would say the handkerchiefs turned out pretty good. 😋😊 Love Lexi

[@LoveMusic-pd5iz]

Thank you so much for posting this. I have a recycled organic cotton bed sheet that I think will work for handkerchiefs. I'm not sure about other English speaking places, but in the U.S., tissue usually means a disposable handkerchief. Also, we often use a nick-name, or shortened version of handkerchief, "hanky".

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

Hello @Love Music, and thank you so much for watching. How lovely, I hope you´ll make some. It was such a fun project and I have been using the "hankies" ever since. 💚😊 Let me know if you´ll make some. Love Lexi

[@LoveMusic-pd5iz]

@@caughtlittlediydreams I have started on my bedsheet/hankie project!

[@collenrose3957]

Thank you. I've always used hankies & now love to create new ones. Yours are really pretty with the different stitches. It's hard to choose which one I like best. Have a blessed day 🌈💚🙏💚🌈

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

Hello, I am so sorry I haven't answered your lovely comment sooner. Thank you so much for watching my video. Let me know if you decided to embroider your own 🥰 have a great day and lots of greetings from Germany!

[@FlightDek]

What a wonderful video. I so appreciate that you showed how each stich looks on the revers side. That is exactly what I was needing. I am wanting to make a Handkerchief with two different fabrics so each side looks different. and then use an embroidery stich that would look the same on both sides. Thankyou so much. I will go with the Cross stich and Zigzag stitching.

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

Hello, Wow you wrote this ages ago 🙈 Sorry, for getting back to you so late. I hope your handkerchief project was a success 👍🏻 I bet they look really pretty with two different fabrics. I'm glad my video could help ☺️ I hope you have a great day! Love Lexi

[@FlightDek]

@@caughtlittlediydreams Thank you for responding, well my first attempt was not all that great, but it is now one of my favorite. I have been practising and getting better and have now made many Handkerchiefs and even sent a bunch to family members as gifts. Thank you.

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

That sounds wonderful! How great that you stuck with it and kept going 👍🏻🥰!

[@susesmart3630]

Die Geduld hätte ich nicht... gut, dass meine nähmaschine sticken kann😊😊😊

[@BevLancaster]

Lovely! Thank you!

[@seemadevi-dr3ny]

So nice 👌👍

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

I am so sorry for not answering sooner. I did not check up on this channel for such a long time. Thank you so much for watching my video! 😍☺️

[@kajalchaudhary4149]

Very nice 👍🏻

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

Thank you 💚 I had so much fun making those ☺️

[@NaimaCreation]

Very nice work

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

Oh boy, I haven't checked on this channel in such a long time. Sorry, that I did not reply sooner. Thank you so much for your comment and for watching. I appreciate it ☺️😊

[@jorgesuarez7390]

Hola

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

Hola Jorge 🙂

[@amarshiaa8603]

How much price

[@caughtlittlediydreams]

Hello, I am not quite sure what you mean? 🥰

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