Helen Dose's Sweet Old Sewing Lessons Notebook 1903 12" t x 10 7/8"

12" t x 10 7/8" w

7 5/16” d and in excellent antique condition

I've become so enamored of very old books as objects and for the stories they tell about the people who owned them and how they were used

A lush feeling old watercolor on board of waterlily plants

with the bleeding edges that I love

Helen Dose's Sweet Old Sewing Lessons Notebook 1903 12" t x 10 7/8"It has been a while since I found one of these old sewing lessons notebooks with samples showing various types of seams and stitching mounted or just loose inside. These were the school work of girls, with the lessons covering the most basic of sewing skills though they seem like quite to accomplishments to most of us now! This one, the work of a young Helen Dose, I believe comes from Pennsylvania, and while it shows its age, it remains a sweet and