When the handkerchiefs arrived I was so pleased - they looked wonderful.  I always wash a product before using and I guess that was my mistake.  After washing they seemed thin - which I can deal with - but as I was ironing them - which you have to do - I noticed that 7 of them already have loose strings from the seams/hemming.  If they cannot hold up to one simple washing what will they be like after 5 or 6 washings?  I would not buy them again.