Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) san to domingo which looks like quite an

which looks like quite an old soul to me) and no-fuss manner in which they were done

I believe this vase is American

you would like to live forever and listen to the murmurings of the waters as they dash down the little cataracts

What completely sold me on this one is the rainbow colored

I just can't resist naive floral watercolors like this one

Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) san to domingo which looks like quite anThe is a 19th century hand forged iron quilting clamp, with one of this sort often referred to as a "heart clamp" for the heart shaped finial on the screw. It would have been used for clamping the fabric layers of a quilt (top, batting, backing) to the rails of a frame while working it, sparing the quiltmaking from laborious pinning, etc. Once a month I go up to midcoast Maine for a show, and once a month, for a few months now, I bring home an old