Empathetic Early Straw Stuffed Stocking Panda with Button Eyes Qajar I find it quite elegiac

I find it quite elegiac

I tend to prefer these sewing skill samplers

I've become pretty enamored of old wooden trucks and trains (in addition to everything else

This is the second of two photographs of swimmers I purchased on a very sweaty day at Brimfield

Empathetic Early Straw Stuffed Stocking Panda with Button Eyes Qajar I find it quite elegiacSuch a charmer, how to resist? And one doesn't often come across a homemade stocking knit panda! Stuffed with straw, he was quite lovingly constructed, with carefully hand stitched seams joining the black and (now) tan knit pieces, with what appears to be well worn velvet just for the upper tan portion of his head. I'd guess one button eye was replaced at some point to make for an unmatched pair now, but I'm not entirely sure which! One small patch on