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Adam and Eve

Sampler lovers often collect (or wish they could afford to collect) as many of one motif, or style as they can find!  Adam and Eve is a very popular theme for samplers, and we have put together a collection of Adam and Eve items for those collectors.  

 

Everything we make, we make with our four hands.  Individual differences will occur in any handcrafted item.  It's these differences that make them special!

All of our items are made in limited numbers - when they're gone, they're gone!  We do not make more.  Instead, we move on to something new!  Check back often to see what we're up to!

 

 

To place an order from outside the United States, please contact us!

 

We love these little boxed sets - whether you call them "tool boxes" or "toy boxes" - they are fun!  They were fun to make and we think they look terrific on display with our other needlework tools.

Each papier-mâché box is hand painted with a grain-painted finish, and filled with lots of "toys".  

This hexagonal shaped box is a really special set.  The bottom of both the box and the little "button box" is covered with felt chosen to coordinate with the colors of the featured sampler. On that ground rests a needlebook, complete with needles in that same coordinating felt, a thread palette with four coordinating silk threads, a pin keep and a scissors fob.  The  hand-painted ivory ruler on a recycled piano key and a variety of mother-of-pearl buttons inside the button box are included, though the scissors are not.  Because it is illegal to export ivory, this set is available in the US only.

 

Each box and the accompanying toys are adorned with high-quality images from an antique sampler.  The images are the same on each set, but the grain-painting is, of course, different - the colors are the same, but the "faux finish" varies from box to box.  This particular batch is a lovely summer green enhanced with a golden brown, inspired by the scene on the box top.  

These are limited editions - once they're gone they're gone!   Only two left!

 

©2008
I.R.S. 1738.  German.  Private collection.
 
 
 

Adam and Eve Boxed Set $47.50*     SOLD OUT!!!!!!

 
 
 
 
 
©2008
Eleanor Dade aged 13 years on the 14th of May 1835.  Private collection.

Adam and Eve Trifold  $11.75*

 

 

 

 

Caroline Reeves her Work. 1830.  American - probably Pennsylvania. Private Collection.

Our needlebook provides you with two tapestry needles nestled in a bed of 100% wool felt in a coordinating color.

Adam and Eve Needle Book  2.50*

 

 

 
Caroline Reeves her Work. 1830.  American - probably Pennsylvania. Private Collection.
 
Our Diminutive Thread Palette gives you room for 5 different thread colors and tucks away in the smallest spaces!

Adam and Eve Diminutive Thread Palette  $2.00*

 

 

 
 
©2006  Actual size 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"
Caroline Reeves her Work. 1830.  American - probably Pennsylvania. Private Collection.

Adam and Eve Pin Keep $10.00*

 

 

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*A small handling charge will be added to actual shipping costs at checkout