Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Arabesques & Birds Capybara What’s more Canadian than a

What’s more Canadian than a beaver

overlaid with Japanese tissue and accented with silver

from the November 1908 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme

This hand-stitched outfit is based on a ridiculous late Victorian ladies’ cycling ensemble

and fashioned after a man’s jacket

Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Arabesques & Birds Capybara What’s more Canadian than aHawksbill 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