Lovely, what a meaningful gift!

Those are so beautiful! What a lovely, sentimental idea.

What precious treasures. A special gift indeed. My neighbor had a christening dress framed. It had been handed down through her family and was now too fragile to wear.

Indeed - so pretty!

They are so beautiful, what a thoughtful idea. :)

Wonderful!

@dedtired I have a christening gown from each side of the family, my girls each wore one for their christening. My husband's side of the family's gown has hand painted ribbons and my side's has some handmade lace. I thought of framing them for the girls one of these days. If per chance they want to use them down the road, they could just take them out of the frames.

They could but would they? I would leave them availibe to be used. My sister's boys were christened in gowns that have had a strip of lace added for each baby christened in it. It's breath taking!! The framed hankerchiefs are perfect!!

Handwork like that is admirable. Did your mother make the crochet and lace herself?

You did a great job mounting them. The folding is perfect! Pretty and thoughtful!

It's very interesting how tastes and practices can vary. I'm sure you know your daughters and that they will appreciate these mementos in remembrance of their grandmother.

In my family, such items would not be given nor accepted with appreciation.

Those are beautiful! I’m sure your daughters will appreciate having them.

Nekotish, these are absolutely beautiful and worthy of being cherished. I am confident that your daughters will be touched.

I deleted my previous comment so as not to add further negativity to a lovely thread, but for anyone who saw it, I meant every word.

So glad that I didn’t see it, Ida. 😟

What a lovely gift, exquisite handiwork.

What a lovely and sure to be treasured gift.

What beautiful and thoughtful gifts!

A lovely gift, and you did a beautiful job.

Very pretty and a nice momento! Happy birthday to your DDs and your SIL to be.

What sweet gifts these are. I'm sure your girls will treasure them and pass them down to their future kids.

Elmer, we all have different ways of remembering our loved ones. To say that "to use handkerchief collections as an aide-memoire" is a kind of mean and hurtful comment. I honestly get the sense that your family is not close. Ours is.

Elmer, if the discussion here of these lovely handkerchiefs mean nothing to you, why on earth are you commenting? Most people, not you or yours apparently, treasure things left/made by beloved family members. I have irreplaceable and beautifully crocheted afghans, very different from the commonly seen ones, that my grandmother made. OK, nothing your family would want. But these types of material memories mean a great deal to many. If not to you, unless that was the question, then don't add your two cents.

Those are lovely. I am most impressed that you thought to do it... thinking that I do actually have a handkerchief from my mom. I remember I used to look at them (I think she stopped using them way before I was born) in her dresser. I think the only ones I have are still in the gift box. With all my purging and downsizing, those remain. They were the embroidered kind. Not as lovely as yours.

Those are really lovely and so nicely framed.

So pretty. You did a great job framing them. I miss having my grandmothers' and great grandmothers handkercheifs and handmade pieces on our walls, but white over white just doesn't work.

I framed three baby dresses - one was mine 1st year photo dress, one DD2's and one my paternal grandmother made for my sister's 1yr photo. fwiw, the dresses are "tacked" on lightly by the framer using thread, so removing for use would not be an easy task.

Lovely thought. Lovely gift. I recall ladies using handkerchiefs like that when I was a young child. I wish I had one.

Lovely!

Somewhere along the line, my late grandmother framed a doily that had been crocheted by her sister a long time ago. I remember it hung in Grannie's guest room, which was predominantly done in shades of blue and white, including a Dresden-pattern quilt on the bed that she made. The doily's edges were done in a soft yellow shade, which was so pretty in that room! After Grannie passed, I brought the framed doily home with me and it is one of the things I cherish. I think it's so lovely that families still hold onto the special items, handmade or otherwise, and there is joy and a sense of connection in giving and receiving these things.

My mother did some beautiful crewel pieces in her middle years. Each of us four siblings have them framed and displayed in our homes; it’s so lovely to see them over so many years, sort of like old friends.

I'm so glad that your daughters love having something like that of their grandmothers and you took such great care in arranging the handkerchiefs. You know them well. :)

I love having connections to the family past whether it be through furniture, or serving pieces or doilies. The stories that they could tell, the family dynamics that surround them whether they be sad or joyful. I really like adding the experiences of my friends and family to the items as we use them on a daily basis or for special occasions.

Those are so beautiful and you did a nice job framing them. Not only a lovely memento of their grandmother, but a wonderful memory of a long gone gracious era.

" mean and hurtful comment. I honestly get the sense that your family is not close "

Sorry, it was not intended to be hurtful but rather my honest reaction to what struck me as a rather different tradition that you follow. Different is fine, I was simply struck by the practice of having individual souvenirs of that nature, it's not something we do. Perhaps my approach toward that was passed down from my parents, who similarly weren't into familial mementoes.

Your "sense" is 180 degrees off the mark. I think we're extremely close, significantly more so than what I see of our friends and their families. And many have so remarked to us, observing how much more frequent it seems to them our contact is with our kids, than they have with theirs.

Happy Birthday to the celebrants.

I think that is a beautiful gift with a lot of thought and creativity behind it.