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

but what a lovely thing

Its little legs

9 7/8" t x 2 1/2" w x 1 1/8" d

So this poster comes from its heyday

which I purchased online from a seller who did not know anything about it--I was just immediately taken with the evocativeness of the portrait

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