When I first started designing wool appliqué pieces, I was looking for purposeful ways of using them other than table rugs and wall hangings. You can only have so many of those, and I enjoy making things that are useful as well. A practical element in a piece adds its own unique beauty, making it an object not to be simply looked at but also to be used. In looking for new uses for my wool appliqué designs, wallpaper boxes came to mind. I have always found period wallpaper box