Charming Hand-embroidered Old Blue Wool Needle Book New England native and he is great fun

and he is great fun to animate

and a soft yellow

I first purchased a batch of heart pips from this very same deck from a seller in Holland

plant a sprig of creeping ivy in it

I found this terrific "T" along with a "B" and an "R" (listed separately) packed together in an envelope at an antique shop and just fell in love with them

Charming Hand-embroidered Old Blue Wool Needle Book New England native and he is great funI've developed quite a weakness for old handmade needle books, in small part because I'm forever digging around for a needle, but mostly because I love all of the effort and care put into making little things like this. And how to resist this one especially, crafted of navy blue wool and announcing itself in perfectly imperfectly embroidered lettering on the front? Plus rosy pink stitching around the edges and buttons for flourish in the corners and