I feel your pain :)
I pulled a tarot card for you, 4 of Swords.
Take a respite. They are right in front of you, but your stress is making you blind to them. Rest. Relax. Breathe.

For myself when this happens I immediately jump straight to alzheimer's

Oh, my, I cannot name all the stuff I have lost...most of it I eventually find. What is most frustrating to me is to be sitting and doing hand sewing, and to lose my thimble, scissors, etc when I have not moved from the spot!

i agree w/kalamaquilts. i told you they were right there. take a deep breath. give up looking. you'll find them.

Oh, it's awful when that type of thing happens. Here's hoping you find them soon!

Replace them. Once you do your old ones will reappear. I have doubles of several things because of this phenomenon.

We've all done that......when I first started quilting, I bought a pattern, cut out the fabric per instructions, bagged and tagged everything. Then we started moving from Wisconsin back to Alabama, and then my DH had a heart attack. Long story, but after a year, we finally got to finish the move. Anyway, that pattern and fabric were in the first boxed things we moved back to Ala., and I finally found them just about 5 yrs. to the day after we brought them back and stored them here. Now to find the directions........they're here somewhere.......

Could you have put the books with the fabric for the projects you wanted to do? Also look in piles of magazines - the quilt books like to hide!

I still haven't found them, and I am laughing at all the responses.. I am no used to losing things. I am putting the search on hold, as I went to a tag sale at a fabric hoarders home, and hit a jackpot.. I went in the a.m., but didn't stay long, as I had the dog in the car. It was still cool, and it was parked under a tree with the roof open.. He was okay.. I stuffed a tote bag, and paid $10.. Went back near the end, and decided to go upstairs to see what else the lady had.. OMG.. The upstairs was full of plastic boxes stuffed.. I ended up buying a huge box, and was very selective. I tried to buy fabric that wasn't dated. I bought a ton of dots, and larges pieces with yardage. Since I don't have to buy fabric ever again, I might as well think of buying new books.. The total for the day was $70.. I have about 400 yards.. Before that, I have to call my sister in law, and ask if I brought them over there to read, and forgot them..

The surest way to find a lost item is to buy a replacement.

I'm sorry! I know how you feel, I have done this more than once. One time I found the book in the UFO bag with the rest of the project I had started using the book. Another time I found it in a small stack I had taken upstairs to look at while in the tub, lol. I have often thought I need a system to catalog my books as I have WAY too many to keep track of, but that project has not gotten to the top of the list... yet. I hope you find your book!