Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Wine & Orange mouse This hand-stitched paper dress is

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on the ‘Spiral’ dinner dress created by Charles James in ca

in imitation of the scarf-like fabric of the original

A detachable pelerine

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

overlaid with Japanese Mizutama watermark tissue and accented with silver

Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Wine & Orange mouse This hand-stitched paper dress isHawksbill turtles are very serious creatures. They like to pontificate, and can often be found lecturing nests of younger turtles. Or older turtles. Any turtles, really. They are the professors of the turtle world. Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. The turtle is 4. 5 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which