Lovely Old Bunched Fabric Pin Cushion eastern star sign Signed with syllabics on the

Signed with syllabics on the underside

(And certainly one might add a few more favorite little animals to the mix

Definitely it is Wabanaki (Northeast Native American

--so while the cork in the bottle implies that it might be filled

) I've got a weakness for ships in bottles

Lovely Old Bunched Fabric Pin Cushion eastern star sign Signed with syllabics on theI think perhaps this pin cushion may have been meant to represent a pineapple, with the red Christmas ribbon like the spiky greens on top, and with the pineapple being a symbol of gracious welcome. It also looks a little like a bunch of grapes, though or a hand grenade! What a charming thing in any case, feeling like a present or a whole bundle of them, with a wide variety of what look to me like shirt fabrics bundled up into colorful little nodes and