Helen Dose's Sweet Old Sewing Lessons Notebook wooden chain with cages to head out on their

to head out on their own toward the sea

His energetically carved head of hair shows now much mellowed gold and silver paint as well

) on either side—at right

12 1/4" t x 7 5/8" w x 3/4" thick

with the white (cream) ribbons the most aged thing about it

Helen Dose's Sweet Old Sewing Lessons Notebook wooden chain with cages to head out on theirIt 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