Small Treasure Chest

My treasure chest is filled with gold.

Gold . . . gold . . . gold . . .

Vagabond's gold and drifter's gold . . .

Worthless, priceless, dreamer's gold . . .

Gold of the sunset . . . gold of the dawn . . .

Gold of the showertrees on my lawn . . .

Poet's gold and artist's gold . . .

Gold that can not be bought or sold -

Gold.

Don Blanding (poet and artist, 1894 - 1957)

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handmade patchwork-box with a lid, quilted,

the top shows a traditional nine-patch-quilt-pattern,

filled with cotton fleece and synthetic fibers,

the inner surface of the lid is reinforced with a blend of wood glue and water,

about 11 x 11 cm,  4,3" x 4,3"

one of my larger baskets

like the other, smaller ones, this is a handmade, soft basket,

made like a quilt (2 layers of fabrics, here the fabrics go together with knitted and crocheted parts, plus a layer of cotton fleece in between, all layers are hand-quilted),

this basket is 15 cm/ 5,9" high and on top 21 cm/ 8,2" wide

these larger baskets have an inner and outer patchwork pattern 

the smaller ones have an inner patchwork pattern

Teddy Bear of the Month: May