19th Century Hand-forged Heart Quilting Clamp paper fan but it is a really

but it is a really wonderful little piece

And with a few additions along the way: several plain wood blocks with sharpie drawn grids of windows

suspended from a bent strip of pliable metal

with the (albeit a bit tattered) instruction booklet

19th Century Hand-forged Heart Quilting Clamp paper fan but it is a reallyBefore the holidays I was up in Mid Coast Maine for a show and made a few other stops I purchased this and a couple of old handmade saws from a dealer who always has interesting things, and I'm pretty sure they all came from one tool collection as they all showed up together. (I resisted coming home with more. but never could I leave this one behind!) It is is an antique hand forged quilting clamp, which would I believe have been used on a quilting