Sweater in Blue Filigree Corset over a camisole cut from

over a camisole cut from gold and white floral Japanese chiyogami paper

One of my favourite things about old natural history illustrations are the number of animals that were obviously drawn from descriptions

and the tradition continued with Nana giving me my first teacups when I was a little girl

so they are pretty hard to improve on

Based on an 1804 illustration of Ursus Maritimus / L’Ours Polaire from ‘La Ménagerie Du Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle Ou Description Et Histoire Des Animaux Qui Y Vivent Et Qui Y Ont Vécu’

Sweater in Blue Filigree Corset over a camisole cut fromEvery time I see leg o' mutton sleeves, I think of Anne Shirley and her longing for puffed sleeves. This sweater is based on a golf jersey design from the 1898 Spencer, Turner and Boldero, Ltd. Catalog. Can an you imagine playing golf in a corset and giant sleeves? The sweater is 3. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang