Ice Cream Sandwich of an Antique Pincushion with Handwoven Woolen Edging painted clay whistle and with a lot going

and with a lot going on

features a scene of scholars in a traditional Chinese scholar's garden

the women's branch of the US Army--formed as an auxiliary unit (WAAC)  in 1942

Cheery and moody and folky and elegant all at once

I suppose he might also have one attached to a dowel by which one walked him along

Ice Cream Sandwich of an Antique Pincushion with Handwoven Woolen Edging painted clay whistle and with a lot goingSo many old pin cushions to love. This one keeps making me think of a strawberry shortcake flavored ice cream treat. It looks to me like homespun finely woven pink wool running around the perimeter, and the cushion itself constructed of thick cotton (and through a few holes the stuffing looks perhaps like tightly packed thread string; the whole thing is sturdy and fairly firm.) Part of the appeal for me of a relatively minimalist pin cushion like this