Large Monogrammed Boot Shaped Crazy Quilt Pin Cushion kitschy home of their maker

home of their maker

with a wonderful delicacy and imperfect perfection

making me think a bit of gothic gargoyles

many many dozens of handwritten recipes for remedies (detailed in an index at the beginning) including everything from "Hair Tonic" to "Iodine Gargle" to "Tonsillitis Mixture" to "Horse Salve

Large Monogrammed Boot Shaped Crazy Quilt Pin Cushion kitschy home of their makerI've come across a few Victorian pin cushions made in this funny sort of boot shape, with long pointy toe and crook of a heel, which always feel a little witchy to me. This large one has a whole lot going one, which makes me love it, from the crazy quilt style velvet patchwork, to the variety of different hand embroidered stitches used to piece it together, to the pinkish monogrammed band across the top reading L. A. S I believe (though that could be