Lovely Old Hand-painted Butterfly Needle Keep, Canvas and Green Felt checkerboard cat used for gathering many many

used for gathering many many dozens of eggs and perhaps much else as well--the result being a number of breaks in the the split wrapping the wide band of its rim

except pocket sized

as perhaps a whole grocery list's worth is more than one needs

(If drawn on

Lovely Old Hand-painted Butterfly Needle Keep, Canvas and Green Felt checkerboard cat used for gathering many manySo many little things people once bothered to make beautiful, including so many sewing related things. This butterfly shaped needle book needle keep is a perfect case in point I think, the hand painted exterior made of a canvas type material which gives it a nice stiffness and weight, and then green felt body at center and green felt lining, with one little page inside for needles. Id be inclined to lie it flat and pop it in a frame, or just pin it