Large Monogrammed Boot Shaped Crazy Quilt Pin Cushion kitschy Variously identified as a fertility

Variously identified as a fertility goddess or the harvest maiden

many many dozens of handwritten recipes for remedies (detailed in an index at the beginning) including everything from "Hair Tonic" to "Iodine Gargle" to "Tonsillitis Mixture" to "Horse Salve

to me looking like the ultimate embodiment of a fierce protectress

with a wonderful delicacy and imperfect perfection

but I think this is an especially good one in his red and green with polka dots all over

Large Monogrammed Boot Shaped Crazy Quilt Pin Cushion kitschy Variously identified as a fertilityI've come across a few Victorian pin cushions made in this funny sort of boot shape, with long pointy toe and crook of a heel, which always feel a little witchy to me. This large one has a whole lot going one, which makes me love it, from the crazy quilt style velvet patchwork, to the variety of different hand embroidered stitches used to piece it together, to the pinkish monogrammed band across the top reading L. A. S I believe (though that could be