Lovely Old Bunched Fabric Pin Cushion carved wood shoe The mix included some pieces

The mix included some pieces by him and some he acquired

it appears that the lighter colored ones (yellow

making one think about the amazing color of ripe blackberries

it seems there was a whole set of them produced (copyright 1947)

Lovely Old Bunched Fabric Pin Cushion carved wood shoe The mix included some piecesI think perhaps this pin cushion may have been meant to represent a pineapple, with the red Christmas ribbon like the spiky greens on top, and with the pineapple being a symbol of gracious welcome. It also looks a little like a bunch of grapes, though or a hand grenade! What a charming thing in any case, feeling like a present or a whole bundle of them, with a wide variety of what look to me like shirt fabrics bundled up into colorful little nodes and