Charming Hand-embroidered Old Blue Wool Needle Book New England native Dows' biography is fascinating

Dows' biography is fascinating

I really really love this old hand-painted postcard

I first purchased a batch of heart pips from this very same deck from a seller in Holland

plant a sprig of creeping ivy in it

and the lug handles on the sides I think made to be strung in order to wear it

Charming Hand-embroidered Old Blue Wool Needle Book New England native Dows' biography is fascinatingI've developed quite a weakness for old handmade needle books, in small part because I'm forever digging around for a needle, but mostly because I love all of the effort and care put into making little things like this. And how to resist this one especially, crafted of navy blue wool and announcing itself in perfectly imperfectly embroidered lettering on the front? Plus rosy pink stitching around the edges and buttons for flourish in the corners and