New camera, antique sheets...

I had a rather crazy afternoon today - something I saw in the charity shop last Thursday had been preying on my mind...





Huge antique sheets made of hemp, I rather think, although they have a really chill feel so I suppose they could be very coarse linen. Both have these initials on them.

Both are completely hand-stitched - down the middle (because the fabric was woven on a narrow loom) and also on the hems where there isn't a selvedge.

I really admired them, but wondered what on earth I would do with them - they are a bit rough, and each one weighs nearly 3kg (try weighing the average sheet - I guess it would be under 1kg)!

Then at some point yesterday I had a flash of genius - my very own Sofa that Mocks Me! The sofa that is just too long for any throw, bedspread etc... but not too long for these enormous antique sheets! So I have to get experimenting once we get back from holiday, but I think these fantastic, all natural, very strong sheets will make some suitably huge and sturdy covers for the sofa, which will then have some rather softer crochet throws over the top.

I then went and spent Real Money on New Stuff, which almost never happens. I bought a camera to replace the lost one, as we're off on holiday soon and Ben isn't prepared to have a last-minute 'we don't have a camera' panic! Sensible man. And I also bought a laptop computer for work. It's the sales ('Les Soldes')! Scary but satisfying...