House Mouse in Blues Armadillo This darling little pinup dress

This darling little pinup dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper featuring red poppies and green leaves on a black background

the dress design is from Lord & Taylor's 'Dresses and Bonnets and Ribbons' (1870)

memorable to all ages

while triangular pleats add visual interest to the bodice

House Mouse in Blues Armadillo This darling little pinup dressGrowing up, mice were my favourite animal. A birthday or Christmas didnt go by without someone getting me a mouse of some sort jewellery, stuffed animals, porcelain figurines. It may seem surprising that it has taken me this long to make a stitched paper mouse, but I had to find the perfect vintage illustration. I finally found it in Richard Lydekker & Philip Lutley Sclaters The Royal Natural History from 1893. The mouse is 4. 75 inches across,