Red and Blue Calico Sampler of a Antique Quilt, 81 inches Square small carved box As pictured

As pictured

and it is structurally in great shape

There’s barely a centimeter of this antique toy slingshot that wasn’t decorated with hand-carved designs: leafy vines all over

which rather matches the swirls of his hair

as what a great feeling to pull one out of one's bag and set it on one's desk

Red and Blue Calico Sampler of a Antique Quilt, 81 inches Square small carved box As picturedI pretty much never buy quilts to sell, in significant part because I am not well equipped to photograph them, but I found this one at an antiques shop in Nashville and just could not walk away from it. (I actually did, once, then went back the next day for it; it kept calling to me! And I would very glad to keep this one for myself) I am forever drawn to antique calicos, indigos especially, and this feels to me like quilt that is also as pure a