Another Lovely Lot of Old Hand-cut Cut Quilting Patterns, with Good Mends russian playing cards I especially love the color

I especially love the color variation on the drippy glazing

Some rust and surface wear as evident

This gorgeous hand hammered copper pitcher with brass handle has a rich patina and graceful silhouette

set against rich blue sea and sky

and a drippy eye on one side

Another Lovely Lot of Old Hand-cut Cut Quilting Patterns, with Good Mends russian playing cards I especially love the colorI almost never come across old quilting templates cut of cardboard, but here another batch found just this month, these all together, in New Hampshire with a handful cut from an old German newspaper among them, probably Pennsylvania in origin. I find the shapes, and the colors, so beautiful, especially the arching ones, and most especially the hand stitching down the center of the large cream colored one and two old white cloth tape mends to the pale