Originally Posted by scowlkat

Something for carding wool? A comb for someone with a very few hairs? Toothpick for the guys from Deliverance?

Originally Posted by Judie

I think it's used to hold a book open.. You stick it down over the top of the open book.. holds the pages for you.. Maybe she used it to hold book open so she could read the instructions while she worked.

Originally Posted by nursie76

So that is where it went! ;-) I have or rather had one. It is used to place over the top of the pages in a hymnal or music book to keep the pages open when you are playing the organ or piano. Hard to explain, but kinda like a giant paper clip. The 2 center prongs go either behind or in front of the pages and binding of the book and the outer 2 go in the opposite position (behind or in front of the pages). If there is a quilting use for it, I am not aware, but am open for suggestions...if I could just remember where I put mine! ;-)

Originally Posted by nursie76

So that is where it went! ;-) I have or rather had one. It is used to place over the top of the pages in a hymnal or music book to keep the pages open when you are playing the organ or piano. Hard to explain, but kinda like a giant paper clip. The 2 center prongs go either behind or in front of the pages and binding of the book and the outer 2 go in the opposite position (behind or in front of the pages). If there is a quilting use for it, I am not aware, but am open for suggestions...if I could just remember where I put mine! ;-)

Originally Posted by nursie76

That is awesome, there IS a use for it in quilting! Keeping the pattern books open is a challenge sometimes....now if I can just remember where I put mine!