Group of Three Pennsylvania Cut Cardboard Quilting Stencils green banana and a few front pages

and a few front pages have small folds in the corners

with some chipped old clay marbles I've had sitting around included (and I think the tray filled with a hundred or so more of them would make for a very beautiful display as well

The darker horizontal bands here I believe are cedar bark as well

3 5/8" x 3 1/4" x 2 13/16  and in great antique condition

The stone was fitted into a quarter-sawn piece of wood (walnut

Group of Three Pennsylvania Cut Cardboard Quilting Stencils green banana and a few front pagesThese are three hand cut cardboard quilting templates, used as patterns primarily for cutting fabric for piecing. (There are some gorgeous early examples of these cut of tin, which I covet but which have become very very precious.) I can't resist them when I come across them, and am inclined just to pin them directly to the wall; joyful things. I'd guess these date to the 1930s 40s or so. Found in Lancaster County PA, of course. Round: 6 1 2" d;