Eleanor Clarice Hayes' Short and Sweet Grade IV Sewing Samples Booklet plastic Looks like an old glued

Looks like an old glued repair mid-way down (or up

I found a few of these a few months ago in Maine

(And I do currently have another boxless set of about 40 I've not listed

which makes all of those flowers feel very voluptuous

22) next to the RELIEF reading as No Relief--which of course often seems to be the case these days on numerous sorts of levels

Eleanor Clarice Hayes' Short and Sweet Grade IV Sewing Samples Booklet plastic Looks like an old gluedI love an old sewing lessons booklet like penmanship practice notebooks, each is its own thing depending on who made it and when, with lessons taught, materials used, etc varying over time. This is an especially brief one, just four samples completed by our young Eleanor, but I find them especially lovely in a very minimal, and also tenderly humble way, and especially for their handwritten captions, which feel almost like found poetry. Basting.