They are really pretty. If they weren't his n hers I'd want to find a use for them.

Someone worked hard on those. Don’t they look like they were done by hand? Sweet and old fashioned. Yes, sell.

Those are so quaint and lovely. :)

So many possibilities for how she got them! When they cleaned out my grandmother’s house, they figured out she had been ordering things from catalogs or magazine ads for years, with the intention of giving them to people, but most of it ended up in closets, in a box under the bed, etc. She also ordered “free samples” of things, including silverplate utensils. Thank goodness she was pre-HSN/QVC and internet.

bpath, my MIL has a TV ordering addiction. When we moved them to a retirement apt, we found piles of things still in bags. Years worth.

One night, she accidentally called DH, thinking she was calling QVC, “Hello? QVC? Hello?” ... DH answered, “Busted, Mom!” 😂

They might be a nice wedding present for someone who loves vintage things.

Those are beautiful. Especially to someone like me who has a vintage sheet addiction! I think pillowcases like that were most often wedding/bridal gifts, so she may have received them when she married.

If DS marries his current girlfriend, they‘d be cute because she is into conservation and wildflowers, but I don’t know her decorating style. Besides, I think DS is more MCM and I hope I can give him his grandparents’ legit and awesome MCM things. But anyway, she is too young yet, I think it’ll be a few years and then, who knows. (and seriously, the gift would be “here’s something I found in your grandparents’ closet, we don’t know where they came from, and they never used them, but here.”)

Were they in an original box? Maybe they were a wedding gift? I'd give them to your future DIL if you think she's into stuff like that.

They were not in the original box, but there was a vintage embroidered sheet in its original package ing, and two newer cases for small cylindrical neck pillows. There were a few other embroidered sheet sets, all for twin beds.

Id have to wait and get to know the girlfriend to know whether it’s a gift I would give them. They’ve been together almost a year but with a Covid we’ve met her only twice. Really like her, too. But she’s only 24 or so, a little young to get married yet. Or to have a “style” for the home.

I think I’ll sell the pillowcases, too many “ifs” and I do NOT want MY kids to find them in a box in 40 years and wonder about them! (Chalk that up to reading “Can’t we talk about something more pleasant?”)

I would say someone embroidered them for her. I have a set that were given to my grandparents (long gone sadly) as a wedding gift. My grandmother never used them and gave them to me. I think mine might actually say "his and hers" but they are put up in a chest. I should pull them out and see. I think they would actually be nice used a "shams" in a guest room. I have a few other items that are embroidered - one being an apron my mom embroidered a cat on in school! I think home ec classes back them, embroidery, etc. were taught. But if they have no sentiment to you, I would get rid of them.

I hope someone will enjoy buying those and giving them a new home. All my life, I've wished that I had some heirlooms from prior generations, but these days, it seems like very few under 30's treasure nice items with a family story attached.

They are pretty, but I cannot imagine sleeping on them. They would have to be used as shams, and they might not be the correct size for today's pillows, especially since you would need another pillow case underneath.

If you watch Antiques Roadshow lately, you can see episodes made around 2015 and then compare the 2021 values, which are generally quite a bit lower and sometimes less than half the 2015 value. Chinese antiques have gone up in value because the Chinese want them back.

Beautiful handwork! I'm like Lars-I wouldn't like the feel of sleeping on them and I flip my pillow through the night, so that wouldn't work either. Someone will be delighted to find them.

I love them and would use them for sure!

They are lovely. I'd use them!

I have similar pillowcases in green and yellow embroidery that I bought on eBay. They were in the original packaging and are a lovely cotton batiste. I like them because DH sometimes drools on his pillow and this way I know I’m sleeping on my own.

Standard size pillows have gotten longer and plumper since the 50’s when mine appear to have been made. They are a close fit on our standard pillows and cannot be put in the dryer. The cases would shrink and of course nothing monogrammed/ embroidered should be put in the dryer anyway as the decorative thread shrinks to a different degree than the fabric, creating a pucker that will never go away. Our cases are dried flat and ironed.

If you donate those to Goodwill someone will probably end up selling them on eBay or Etsy.

I think they are adorable! I actually take every new set of pillowcases to be embroidered with my monogram...I’ve always done that. I just love personalized things and I guess I love looking at my monogram!😂

Boath, I thought of you yesterday when our linens were changed. This is one of our sets of vintage pillowcases I buy from eBay and antique shops.

They are a lovely cotton and have to be hand washed and pressed, but it’s a foolproof method to insure you never get Someone Else’s pillow by mistake!

KSWL, you need to order this. Do you use the pillowcases for yourself or for a guest bedroom? I'd be afraid to use one but I really should or I can't enjoy them.

Oak, that lace front does not look very comfortable 🙄. I only order the ones for our bed that are His and Hers to keep them separate. And they are all cotton and new in box, never used.

That cherub motif is very pretty but busy. It would be lovely in a room of antiques with a four poster and crocheted canopy!

Definitely not to lay your head on. Ouch! Good idea about keeping pillows separate.

Pillows. This reminds me of something I totally freaked out over. DH's brother spent the night and we were short one pillow. I use several pillows and dh grabbed my pillow and gave it to his brother. I had to do a little chewing out in private and then sneak in there to exchange pillows. Nobody puts their head on my pillow except my grandkids. :)