Kitty Merrett's Gorgeous Early 20th C. Schoolgirl Sewing Practice Book charge of quarters Zanesville I believe

Zanesville I believe

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Kitty Merrett's Gorgeous Early 20th C. Schoolgirl Sewing Practice Book charge of quarters Zanesville I believeThe 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