Eleanor Clarice Hayes' Short and Sweet Grade IV Sewing Samples Booklet game pieces I'll never wrap my head

I'll never wrap my head around how one could possibly make a ship in a bottle like this--they always seem like miracles to me

but not quite as precious--and perhaps old words of wisdom feel especially welcome these days

Box measures 7 5/8" x 6 11/16" x 2 3/8" and is in very good shape

as if with palms up waiting to receive donations

Eleanor Clarice Hayes' Short and Sweet Grade IV Sewing Samples Booklet game pieces I'll never wrap my headI 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.