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

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

and I especially love the facial expressions

(It could benefit from a simple custom stand

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

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