Dress #029: Victorian dress in green stripes and filigree. 2015 Mid-century dress This hand-stitched Edwardian paper gown

This hand-stitched Edwardian paper gown is based on a dress from ca

Glass beads stand in for the buttons that run down each side of the bodice

and hand stitched on cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

belted wrap dress features a wide

a drape of fabric would allow a flash of the slip to peek through when the wearer was in motion

Dress #029: Victorian dress in green stripes and filigree. 2015 Mid-century dress This hand-stitched Edwardian paper gownBased on a dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly: vol 2, no. 1 Spring 1883. Philadelphia, Penn: Strawbridge and Clothier, 1883. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Chiyogami, cotton floss, sequins, and glass beads on cotton paper