Jackalope in Turquoise & Gold Hillwood most of my paper dresses

most of my paper dresses are now assembled in this fashion

Based on Simplicity sewing pattern 5656 from 1973

The piece is based on an evening dress by ‘Thurn’ of New York and Paris

Materials: Japanese & Korean papers

The giraffe is 4

Jackalope in Turquoise & Gold Hillwood most of my paper dressesOne of the first things I ever embroidered was an image of two horned rabbits from Johann Daniel Meyers 1752 Representations of all kinds of animals with their skeletons. It was the illustration I came back to when I decided to stitch some paper jackalopes. These little creatures are 3. 25 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to