Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Big Heart (One of Two More Just Found) Lamont oklahoma Most of the wood or

Most of the wood or bone cases for needles or bodkins that I have seen are more or less cylindrical

The piece consists of a front and back cover tied together with a piece of rope

(Good for paper weaving

and it gives me no end of pleasure to look at them lined up in a row

Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Big Heart (One of Two More Just Found) Lamont oklahoma Most of the wood orThe 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