Last March I posted about my love for hand-dyed bamboo socks (click here for that post). This post is about a crazy idea I had for socks that get holes too large to mend. Sadly many of my colorful socks have been wearing out this year. Each time a pair reaches that stage I just can’t bear to throw the whole thing in the ragbag, so I cut off the tops. I have quite a collection. Here are just a few.
I asked my friends what to do with them, and did a bit of web searching too, but nothing grabbed me (I’m really not into fingerless gloves).
Recently Mike said that we needed some sort of draft stopper to keep the frigid west wind from blowing under the back door. Hmm…🤔
I decided to zig-zag a bunch of sock tops together.
Then I realized that batting wouldn’t have the weight I needed to keep it in place. Mike to the rescue! He filled a piece of an old garden hose with sand and capped the ends (with leftover caps he found in the shed ~ don’t you love using something you’ve hung on to but didn’t know why?)
The hose was wrapped in leftover batting, and the sock tube was carefully pulled on.
And it works!!!
Hot dog!! Or at least not cold dog when Koda lays in front of the door 🤣.
I may not always post about quilting per se, but this one did involve fiber, stitching, and problem solving. I hope my whacky ideas make you smile once in a while.
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This week I’d also like to share a concluding photo about a quilt I made a few months ago. Our Christmas family get-together was delayed a number of times for a variety of reasons, but I finally got to deliver the quilt I made last Fall to my great nephew Josiah Thomas. Here he is enjoying his new quilt with his parents, Brianne and Scott.
What a cutie! To read my previous post about making his quilt click here!