Antique Hexagonal Pin Cushion (Tumbling Block) quebecois now seemingly forgotten except among

now seemingly forgotten except among enlightened educational organizations

and perhaps inspiration for some sort of party game

who I believe purchased them some years ago from a notable Pennsylvania collection of naive drawings--and how happy I was to discover them

loaded with latent potential

Sheet size 8" x 5 3/4"

Antique Hexagonal Pin Cushion (Tumbling Block) quebecois now seemingly forgotten except amongI'm on the hunt for a great old tumbling blocks quilt, but in the meantime a pin cushion in the form of a single tumbling block will do! (If you look at it a certain way it is illusionistic, as if an actual cube with the juxtaposition of oppositely oriented striped pieces advancing the effect, and the pattern of squares on purple fabric functioning almost like a visual pun!) The flip side is maybe not quite so dynamic, and the finer plaid shows some