Early Crazy Quilt Fragment with Wonderful Embroidered Cat in Period Lemon Gold Frame vintage studio pottert Of course I can't look

Of course I can't look at this old pin the tail on the donkey without thinking about the Democratic Party

a bend in the cardstock weight paper near the lower left corner

Overall: 17 1/2" wide x 16 1/4" x 1 1/4" deep

There are a total of 19 pieces on 10 pages with all of the pages except one having a work on each side

Stained brown except from the whites of his eyes and black whiskers

Early Crazy Quilt Fragment with Wonderful Embroidered Cat in Period Lemon Gold Frame vintage studio pottert Of course I can't lookLove at first sight with this charmer, much better and with more pop in hand than in photos. I think the embroidery on the kitty could be called stumpwork, with a fair amount of relief to it, done in wool I believe, to well capture a sense of furriness! Mustard and cream, brown and black, with a thinner white thread used for its fine whiskers and as an outline around the entirely body. With red thread representing a ball the cat is batting around. Set