Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) san to domingo What completely sold me on

What completely sold me on this one is the rainbow colored

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

with progressive numbers on each side (i

) and on the screws

14 13/16" x 2 13/16"

Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) san to domingo What completely sold me onThe 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