Satisfying Old Tramp Art Match Stick Trivet Milton Bradley Froebel box The quilt they were made

The quilt they were made for was definitely completed (done on what I believe is black silk

Surely once part of a longer train

so have been keeping a close eye out for others--and then along came this one

but am much more inclined to choose individual pieces I regard as stand alone

Satisfying Old Tramp Art Match Stick Trivet Milton Bradley Froebel box The quilt they were madeIt's been a while since I had a burnt match stick creation, but this is a perfect one to break the lapse a very satisfying and happily unfussy quilt like grid formed byt many hundreds of them, laid down one by one onto a piece of wood. I'd really call it more of a panel to hang on the wall than a trivet, though it could certainly be used that way. More often than not, one finds these varnished, but I think much better not, with a lovely warm patina to