House Mouse in Purple Flowers Costume 1951 book ‘Practice and science

1951 book ‘Practice and science of standard barbering

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on a green wool mohair sheath made by Charles James in 1952-1953 as a sample for New York ready-to-wear manufacturer Samuel Winston

The original dress uses a variation of the ‘metacircle’ technique

Materials: Nepalese and Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

with little tiny heads

House Mouse in Purple Flowers Costume 1951 book ‘Practice and scienceGrowing 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,