Teacup in Gold & Cream Flamingo Metallic blue tissue stands in

Metallic blue tissue stands in for the beadworked panels of the original

The jacket is 4 inches tall

It is based on an American dress from the early 1880s

75 inches wide

in an art deco-inspired gold pattern on black

Teacup in Gold & Cream Flamingo Metallic blue tissue stands inThis teacup design is from my own collection, a Paragon China Co. teacup and saucer from the 1950s or 1960s. My mother, aunt, and Nana all had large collections of mismatched teacups, and the tradition continued with Nana giving me my first teacups when I was a little girl. I have continued to collect them, and I looked through my entire collection to find the perfect shape to make these paper teacups and saucers. The teacup is 4 inches wide, stitched