Dress #027: Victorian dress in purples. 2015 Penguin stitched by hand by hand

stitched by hand by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

This darling little pinup dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned ingold and silver starburst flowers on a lime green background

The fringes hang loose from the body of the dress

This darling little dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned in silver dots on a yellow background

whether it's the flat funnel shape of the Tudor and Georgian periods

Dress #027: Victorian dress in purples. 2015 Penguin stitched by hand by handBased on a dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly: vol 2, no. 1 Spring 1883. Philadelphia, Penn: Strawbridge and Clothier, 1883. 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 hang on your wall. Materials: Chiyogami, Japanese tissue, other paper, and cotton floss on cotton paper