You r right when you said pattern holder I got it together standing up with a pattern on it. Thanks monie

Hi....from the UK...you are taking me back some 35 years with the hexagons ...first ever quilting I did aged 13 at school! I am sure they are for a hexagonal (Grandmothers garden quilt)You need to cut a piece of paper in the same shape but half an inch smaller, pin it in the middle and then hem round the paper....at school we had piles of fabric hexagons and matching piles of paper....great way to teach children a traditional way...I remember having the flower patces all over my jeans....very with it !

As for the other article...pretty sure it is a chart reader...maybe for cross stitch, the small piece looks line it is used for reading individual lines of the chart and the other bit looks like it might attach to a stand.....hopefully someone will recognise it.

I've seen that in the scrap-booking aisle

Hi...scotted around the internet and found this typist paper aid...think this is what it is

Yes that's it!

Yup, I thought it was a typewriter stand holder too...was a secretary 100 years ago and we used them.

I agree, but I think it is for needlepoint patterns--the opening in the bar highlights the line of the pattern you are working on your fabric piece. I used to have something pretty similar. Just an idea.

It looks like something we used to hold notes we were typing from. The clear strip was used to hold the paper in place and was moved up and down to mark where we were typing.

I think the piece of equipment looks like a document holder for someone doing typing or computer work - I don't think it is a ruler for cutting fabric.
Love the colors of the hexagons.