Satisfying Antique Velvet Pin Cushion, As Found primitive carved tool I purchased this pie wheel

I purchased this pie wheel at the estate sale of a couple in their 90s who had a fantastic collection of primitives

All stable and sound and more beautiful in person

) Other than the missing teeth

This is one of my favorite finds ever

Satisfying Antique Velvet Pin Cushion, As Found primitive carved tool I purchased this pie wheelI look at a lot of pin cushions such perfect examples of the human compulsion to make even the smallest and simplest of utilitarian objects special and while this is not a fancy one, there is something about its roundness, and the gray tan velvet dyed (now very) pale blue at the very center of the top and bottom, and all of these pins stuck in it that make it, to my eye, quite a satisfying little thing. Sweet and lovely. 2 3 8" in diameter x 2 1 18" t