Garden Snail in Green Florentine Filigree Octopus This darling little pinup dress

This darling little pinup dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned in white dotted flowers on a mint green background

Materials: Japanese (chiyogami) paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

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

It features a fitted bodice and a skirt with a small bustle

and metallic and cotton floss on cotton paper

Garden Snail in Green Florentine Filigree Octopus This darling little pinup dressI found this delightful garden snail in 'The Naturalists' Miscellany, Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects, Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature,' published in London in 1789. Show your love for snails with one cut from paper and hand embroidered, ready to frame and hang on your wall. The snail is 4 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