Kitty Merrett's Gorgeous Early 20th C. Schoolgirl Sewing Practice Book 1880s picture book but what a lovely thing

but what a lovely thing

and it has aged quite a bit sense)

Or it could just sit around looking cute

Visible mending/reinforcing in many places

Kitty Merrett's Gorgeous Early 20th C. Schoolgirl Sewing Practice Book 1880s picture book but what a lovely thingThe more time I've spent with this, the more each page feels to me like a painting, comprised of several different sewing samples stitched to brown paper in chance compositions that feel like little Agnes Martin's or Richard Tuttle's. Plus a perfect palette of white and pink and red and blues of various shades. The notebook itself is British, 1910 20s I believe, kept by a Gladys (aka Kitty, as she wrote of the first inside page) Merrett. Samples cover