SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red tigers but his face seems positively

but his face seems positively human

etc--would attach at their back to a wooden rod

feeling like a present or a whole bundle of them

I'm becoming quite enamored of old wooden toys

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SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red tigers but his face seems positivelyIt's hard to tell scale from photos, I know, but the red darned square on this small 1878 schoolgirl sewing sampler is as precise as any I've ever seen the stitches are teeny teeny teeny tiny, and it's really a beautiful thing. I tend to prefer these sewing skill samplers, practicing mending and darning and seam work, etc. to alphabet samplers (except of the very unusual variety) as these feel so crisp and contemporary; so often white on white and all