Pair of Small, Whittled Whimsy Chains with Nice Age mends echoing the cut paper border

echoing the cut paper border and setting it off to perfection

There is a bit of roughness and one tiny chip around the

Their scale makes me think they were made to be pin cushions rather than quilt blocks

one glued to the corner of the other

with a great no-fuss immediacy

Pair of Small, Whittled Whimsy Chains with Nice Age mends echoing the cut paper borderI found this little pair of carved chain links together in Vermont, and while I don't always jump on carved whimsy chains these days, I think these are very nice ones, in which one very much feels the hand of the carver, whittling carefully away. The same hand (knife) made both, I believe, and I like them together, with the contrast between two different lengths of links making them feel specific and particular. Pretty easy to imagine the carver