Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
Regarding handkerchiefs and pocket squares, I have had trouble finding a source for reasonably priced ones. A local party supply store sells a number of bandannas with various patterns and solid colors. With careful folding they seem to work well as a substitute. They have the added advantage of being more useful than a pocket square or handkerchief (one never knows when a rousing game of "Blind Man's Bluff" may be called for) ...


Ooou! Purple pocket square with gray-green tweed: nice.

I've been slowly trying to learn to make pocket squares from silk and other fabrics by handsewing the rolled edges, but that gives me a new idea. I guess careful folding could even hide a regular hemmed edge.