Vampire Bat in Purple Costume This hand-stitched green paper dress

This hand-stitched green paper dress is based on the ‘Petal’ cocktail dress designed by British-born American designer Charles James in 1951

overlaid with Korean tissue and accented with silver

which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size

Or just grocery shopping

as shown in the February 1910 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme

Vampire Bat in Purple Costume This hand-stitched green paper dressIf you look closely, you'll see that this ferocious little vampire bat has teeny tiny stitched fangs. It is based on an 1811 illustration of the Vampire Bat from The Natural History of Quadrupeds, and Cetaceous Animals: : from the Works of the Best Authors, Antient and Modern, Embellished with Numerous Plates, Accurately Coloured from Nature; in Two Volumes. The bat is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper,