Embroidered Linen Handkerchiefs

I love embroidered handkerchiefs and buy them whenever I see them at the thrift stores. Here are a few of the ones I've bought recently. Both of the plain ones have hand-tatted edges. My local Value Village has these usually for $.69. They remind me of growing up in the 1950's and my mother sending us off to Sunday school with our offering tied in the corner of a hanky.
My Grandmother Lizzie, whom I was named after, would give us a crocheted edge handkerchief occasionally as a birthday gift. It was a dear gift as she had fingers twisted with rheumatoid arthritis and I am sure it was painful to crochet. My grandparents grew up on neighboring farms in the Willamette Valley. Between my mother's 4 sisters and l brother, I had dozens of cousins and every holiday was spent on the farm that my great grandfather homesteaded.