Slope cards

When I learnt to write cursive they gave us all slope cards.

When I cleared out my mum's stuff in 2007ish I found a store of them (she used to teach). 

The photos look good. The present wrapping ribbon wasn't the best binding material. I still have this book and I intend to re-use it (is it an altered book if i made the book myself originally?).

This was done around 2007. I've sewn on all kinds of things: 

stamps and small fish 

some of my mum's old music from teaching (paw paw patch was a dance and song we learnt in primary school), and some buttons

a rubbing from Sturt (i have a favourite man hole cover there)

some old sewing pattern

A newsagent's bag (the pinky/purple below) and some letter beads I bought at Sturt one year. 

I spent ages decorating each page. I feel it's not really finished, and it will be re-modelled.

The back of the slope card had instructions on how to sit, hold the pen and the angle of the page.