I don't know where time is going at the moment and I've been neglecting my blog.
Our Aldborough Creative show was a brilliant success, so we're thinking of doing another one in November.
I've also been busy clearing out my mother's house. It's quite hard deconstructing someone's life. I wasn't very close to my mother (she was a real bully), so it isn't upsetting, just a damn hard slog, tinged with a bit of sadness for what might have been.
I opened a drawer and found all these table napkins. I don't want to throw them out but I will never use them.
Have any of you clever crafty people any idea of what I could do with them?
It is a slog clearing a house - especially if it's at long distance. We made so many trips to charity shops last Saturday!!!!
I have a similar mountain of household linen from two houses we've cleared in the past year (MIL and OH's Aunt). Apart from thinking of doing a carefully selected car boot pitch...
how about using the embroidered napkins to make a large 'patchwork' bedspread. Or cutting them up and using them to make lavender bags etc
Celia
x
Posted by: Magic Cochin | June 03, 2011 at 04:53 PM
I would be very tempted to sell them, people are eager to get their hands on things like these so you might make some extra cash.
I'm so pleased that the show went well and that you are planning a repeat.
Posted by: Toffeeapple | June 03, 2011 at 05:50 PM
I agree sell them.
Great to meet you on Monday.
Gillx
Posted by: Gill Thompson(dosierosie) | June 03, 2011 at 07:20 PM
I've been through it too! Your post made me smile, I have a draw full of almost identical napkins. I couldn't give them to the charity shop, but I can't think of what to do with them either.
Posted by: Miriam | June 03, 2011 at 08:19 PM
They are very pretty!
So many things to do with them....
Perhaps have yourself a girlfriends tea party and go all out girlie!
Sell them. Cut them up and use the pretty edges as trim. Make some sachets. Make some baby bibs. Little girl in your life? Make some baby doll clothes....
Good luck to you :)
Posted by: Kris | June 03, 2011 at 08:50 PM
Thank you everyone for your comments. I'll do a follow up post in the next couple of days with my thoughts on what do do. It's good to know I'm not alone with this problem.
Posted by: Fiona | June 04, 2011 at 09:32 AM
My friend just did this and I thought of you.
http://joannethiemehuffman.typepad.com/ad_libitum/2011/06/what-i-was-doing-until-2-am-this-morning.html
Posted by: Kris | June 05, 2011 at 04:24 PM