Tiny Octagons, Miniature Scale 19th Century Paper Pieced Quilt-work turned wood horsehair brush and the scale allowed the

and the scale allowed the carver to pack in a lot of detail

making the most satisfying sound

1 1/4" across at opening

and also itself sort of evincing the gesture of a fall

Tiny Octagons, Miniature Scale 19th Century Paper Pieced Quilt-work turned wood horsehair brush and the scale allowed theTo my eye an exquisite little thing a fragment of a larger quilt, perhaps, or perhaps its maker had had enough! The method of making here was is called English paper piecing with each shape cut from a paper template, then wrapped with fabric, yielding a perfect, sharp cornered octagon. (Much more common were hexagon quilts, typically arranged in honeycomb patterns; here, because of the octagons, and their linear arrangement, the maker interspersed