Folk Dragonfly Hook Pillow

Three tomatoes on the vine hooked in wool against a warm ochre ground — gold, not cream, which makes it read late-summer rather than spring. 6 x 12 in mini lumbar, insert included.

George Washington hooked in wool on dusty blue — heavy brows, long nose, an expression between solemn and mildly alarmed. Folk-naive on purpose. The cherry sprig embroidered at the left is the cherry tree from the story, which a biographer made up after Washington died. Tim Campbell, who also drew the Lincoln. 18 x 18 in, insert included.

Lincoln in the stovepipe hat, hooked in wool against a blue sky and olive hills — a small flag at one side, a little house at the other. Folk-naive, same hand as the Washington; Tim Campbell drew both. 16 x 22 in lumbar, insert included.

Three mussels in two blues on an oatmeal wool ground, loops left uncut so it has the texture of a hooked rug. Designed by Kate Nelligan. Insert included. 12 x 8 in — a small lumbar, not a sofa cushion.

A blue flowering stem embroidered over a printed green-and-white stripe, with blue and green tassels at all four corners. Cotton canvas, down-alt fill, insert included. 18 x 18 in. Spot clean only — it can't go in the wash.

A real swallowtail, wings open in clear resin, the scales still holding their cream and dark banding. 3 in square, an inch deep. No two wing patterns match.

Nineteen butterfly flowers — California poppy, cornflower, sweet William, Indian blanket, black-eyed Susan among them — including two milkweeds, which is what Monarch caterpillars need. Zones 4–9. Reusable recycled-steel tin, 2 in across, directions inside.