Conical black morel in pink and coral flowers on yellow-green Elephant or using custom dress forms

or using custom dress forms that combined the measurements of his customer with the fanciful contours used to sculpt the dresses into the desired shapes

Dresses in this style can be seen in the early seasons of Downton Abbey

I’ve since become much more obsessed with using paper that evokes the original fabric

with little flecks of gold and silver scattered across the surface

This hand stitched turquoise Regency dress

Conical black morel in pink and coral flowers on yellow-green Elephant or using custom dress formsThis conical black morel is hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper, and is based on an illustration from Le Larousse Pour Tous; Nouveau Dictionnaire Encyclopedique (1909 1910). The mushroom is 4. 75 inches tall, 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 on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper.