Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) san to domingo which looks like quite an

which looks like quite an old soul to me) and no-fuss manner in which they were done

14 13/16" x 2 13/16"

I just can't resist naive floral watercolors like this one

4" tall x 2 1/8" in diameter

) and on the screws

Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) san to domingo which looks like quite anThe is a 19th century hand forged iron quilting clamp, with one of this sort often referred to as a "heart clamp" for the heart shaped finial on the screw. It would have been used for clamping the fabric layers of a quilt (top, batting, backing) to the rails of a frame while working it, sparing the quiltmaking from laborious pinning, etc. Once a month I go up to midcoast Maine for a show, and once a month, for a few months now, I bring home an old