Boy with Hat and Tiny Horse, Best c. 1940s Folk Art Feather Stuffed Red Wool Pillow with Appliqué and Embroidery early edition dr. busby cards but this is #2

but this is #2

I am forever looking for antique children's drawings like this

perhaps one amid a stack or pile of others

" Quenchers and quickener

bound by string

Boy with Hat and Tiny Horse, Best c. 1940s Folk Art Feather Stuffed Red Wool Pillow with Appliqué and Embroidery early edition dr. busby cards but this is #2A total charmer, many times better in person. I know this came from a Midwestern farm community, and would very much bet the feathers that fill it were plucked by the person who made it, or at least a member of their family. Light weight red wool ground with cotton and wool appliqu, plus wonderfully embroidered hat and fingers and toes! I especially love the tiny white horse on red ground stitched on like a patch at his feet, suggesting our boy here