Dress #033: Robe à la française in yellow with purple trim. 2015 Victorian dress My little paper darlings are

My little paper darlings are based on a 1792 illustration from Bewick’s ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’

notched collar and a full skirt

I layered Japanese mizutama watermark tissue in dark rose over a shimmering lilac paper

Lucile (aka Lady Duff Gordon) says that she 'loosed upon a startled London draped skirts that opened to reveal the legs'

This heart is based on an 1885 illustration of 'The Heart' from the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s ‘Hygiene for Young People’

Dress #033: Robe à la française in yellow with purple trim. 2015 Victorian dress My little paper darlings areBased on Victoria & Albert Museum accession 700 1864, an English gown from the 1760s. 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 and cotton floss on cotton paper