House Mouse in Green Leaves on Red Pinup dress cut from paper and stitched

cut from paper and stitched by hand

This hand-stitched green paper dress is based on the ‘Petal’ cocktail dress designed by British-born American designer Charles James in 1951

stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper

’ In English

House Mouse in Green Leaves on Red Pinup dress cut from paper and stitchedGrowing up, mice were my favourite animal. A birthday or Christmas didnt go by without someone getting me a mouse of some sort jewellery, stuffed animals, porcelain figurines. It may seem surprising that it has taken me this long to make a stitched paper mouse, but I had to find the perfect vintage illustration. I finally found it in Richard Lydekker & Philip Lutley Sclaters The Royal Natural History from 1893. The mouse is 4. 75 inches across,