Sewing Hints, Old Jam-packed Notebook of Sewing Related Clippings + Notes folk art frames This is one of two

This is one of two pitchers I grabbed on my very first real-world antiquing outing after months of lockdown

and maple he gathered in the woods

yielding a really gorgeous surface

and also often including a hidden match striker on the flat of the lower section of the lid

is made of finely pierced and painted hide parchment

Sewing Hints, Old Jam-packed Notebook of Sewing Related Clippings + Notes folk art frames This is one of twoWhoever kept this notebook was quite a diligent sort, and also surely quite a sewer! It contains I'd guess 100 pages or more of carefully clipped and pasted guidance, relating to making everything from pompoms to fancy buttonholes to pockets, as well as instruction relative to cushion fillings, darning methods, and much much more, with tons of helpful hints for saving time and money along the way, and then extra handwritten notes at the end! My photos