Vintage 1960s Flora's Hand Hooked Pot Holder Hot Pad - Made in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia - Bird Design day of the week the Union of Soviet Socialist

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic

who were not only known for their business savvy but also for their exquisite

Christmas cakes and even a crinoline lady cake - which is a ceramic doll baked into a dress shaped cake

challenged and amazed her throughout her entire life

Vintage 1960s Flora's Hand Hooked Pot Holder Hot Pad - Made in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia - Bird Design day of the week the Union of Soviet SocialistA Canadian tradition since the 1920's {HISTORY} The story of Flora's Hand Hooked rugs begins in the 1920s with an American woman named Lilian who traveled to the picturesque province of Nova Scotia to teach the art of rug hooking and wool dying. What started as simple instruction in a unique handicraft soon bloomed into a regional art that made the ladies of Cheticamp, Nova Scotia prized artisans. One of those artists was Flora Boudreau who began