Dress #093: 1920s dress in pink Stitched Paper Anatomy with shimmering pearly paper forming

with shimmering pearly paper forming the lace shirtwaist

Though the original dress is black

This hand stitched turquoise Regency dress

Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from ‘The Natural History of Carolina

Dress #093: 1920s dress in pink Stitched Paper Anatomy with shimmering pearly paper formingThis hand stitched dress is made from shimmery pink Japanese paper, accented with silver paper and an acrylic rhinestone. It is based on an evening dress by Monge, from the January 1923 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustre des Arts dcoratifs appliqus la femme. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to