Dress #071: 1920s dress in black and silver. 2016 Vampire bat Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton

Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

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

This hand-stitched pink Regency dress is made from Japanese paper with a pearlized filigree pattern and accented with glass beads on the sleeves

I ended up inserting it into slits cut in the dress

Dress #071: 1920s dress in black and silver. 2016 Vampire bat Materials: Nepalese paper and cottonThis hand stitched black and silver dress is based on an American or European gown from ca. 1928, just when Phryne Fisher was making a splash in St. Kildas, Melbourne. The dress hangs in two tiers, with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original. Japanese chiyogami paper in silver filigree on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny silver and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold