The consequences of a sock hunt....

It all began with a lost sock..... where had it managed to disappear to? It went into the washing machine, presumably it came out again but where had it ended up? Dear daughter really wanted that sock, no other sock would do. No other sock could possibly look right with that particular pair of jeans! Eventually, I resorted to the airing cupboard, just in case..... you never know it may just have gotten mixed up with towels, sheets and everything else that congregates in there .... (Towels, duvet covers, a bag of germinating tree peony seeds, a small fabric covered box ... is that odd?) The search began innocently enough but turned into a great re-organisation of a space which seemed to be hoarding a great many no longer needed things..... Then I found this!

I'm afraid I have a fantastic ability to get distracted and this lead me away from the sock issue to 'somewhere else'....

Of itself it isn't that significant but it's a pillowcase my grandmother made out of old worn out sheets. She would use the fabric from sheets which had become worn in the middle, so longer useful as bed linen. She'd add bits of embroidery and other fabrics to make them more attractive, more personal, coordinate them with bedspreads and curtains. I suppose this kind of thriftiness and re-cycling were part of her life, growing up with eleven brothers and sisters and living through two world wars. Certainly, re-using bits and pieces of no-longer useful thiings was something I can always remember her doing.

So, the hunt for the sock turned into a pillowcase making event. Re-discovered cot sheets became combined with some extremely pretty, rosy fabric into this.

..an odd bit left of a bolt of Tanya Whelan's Darla - Rose Feels good to create something useful and pretty out of something no-longer required and a piece of fabric left at the end of fabric bolt.

Rosie's thrilled with the pillowcase but still a little disgruntled about the sock! (It has to be here somewhere.)

Didn't Terry Prachett have a theory about socks ?

Comments

[Helen]

That's a lovely idea, and that darla fabric is so beautiful. Who knows where all those odd socks go? I know we lose plenty around here. A very organised friend of mine pairs all her socks in a big net bag before putting them in the wash and never loses any, but she's a much better housewife than me!

[chickadee cards]

Lovely pillowcase. Isn't it weird...I have a pile of socks in the airing cupboard waiting for their partner. I keep hoping they will turn up but they never do...

Perhapd it is time to just throw the odd socks out? :-)

[Claire]

That is a great idea, for your old cot sheets, I think I'll have to do something similar, as I have quite a few spare sheets!

[JuliaB]

Lovely pillowcase! sheets dont seem to wear out like they used to! I guess that's the wonder of polyester. But i shall certainly look at charity shop sheets witha different eye now!!

x

[Sandi]

I've heard that socks are the larval form of wire coat hangers.

[maria]

Hi, that pillow case is really pretty. It's such a good use for an old cot sheet. Now what did I do with mine?

[dottycookie]

That is so very pretty!I have a hankering to jazz up some plain white pillowcases now.

[Wild Rose]

Hi Julia,

I think that it is good to get distracted sometimes ~ it is amazing what you can find with a bit of a clear-out. And the result is soooo pretty!! I hope that missing sock turns up.

Marie x

[Kitty]

Fabulous work Julia - that is gorgeous. This sock thing is indeed a mystery - my daughter's socks also disappear with monotonous regularity. :-( x