Hedgehog in Pale Wine Leaves on White Handbag It was the severe lines

It was the severe lines that attracted me to this dress

cut from paper and stitched by hand

The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A-1891)

Celadon stitches stand in for the embroidered trim

Based Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 2009

Hedgehog in Pale Wine Leaves on White Handbag It was the severe linesThe only reason I dont have a pet hedgehog is because then Id have to keep mealworms around, andick! Luckily, my stitched paper hedgies dont need to be fed, so they are much less maintenance than a real one. They are covered in a gazillion wee stitched spikes, and have little glass bead eyes. Based on a 1774 illustration of Erinaceus europaeus (European, or Common Hedgehog) from Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur. The hedgehog is 4. 25