House Mouse in Purple Flowers Shoes and boots accented across the bodice

accented across the bodice

multi-coloured fibres forming a decorative pattern on the surface of this paper

including evening dresses

Based on a 1774 illustration of Bradypus torquatus (Brazilian three-toed sloth) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

House Mouse in Purple Flowers Shoes and boots accented across the bodiceGrowing 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,