Antique Boot-shaped Pin Cushion or Whimsy with Pinwork Detail turned cup despite glue oozing out here

despite glue oozing out here and there in what was surely a tremendously tedious and frustrating process

but it would also be an apt descriptor for the earth mother depicted

so assume she is as well

adding to its aura of sorts

Antique Boot-shaped Pin Cushion or Whimsy with Pinwork Detail turned cup despite glue oozing out hereIve been eyeing the decorative use of stickpins on old pin cushions and other little things of late, so was thrilled to find this wonderful little boot, with painstakingly executed stickpin border all around, and a couple of tiny tassels at top to boot (ha!) Down the front toe of the boot the pins punctuate embroidered laces; on the rest of the perimeter they run down the center of carefully done edge stitching. Some loss fraying of what I think is