House Mouse in Florentine Teal Floral Whale glass beads and cotton floss

glass beads and cotton floss on cotton paper

I made my bow from nine little pieces of pieces

which are not poisonous

The piece is based on an American dress from ca

the original is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2016

House Mouse in Florentine Teal Floral Whale glass beads and cotton flossGrowing 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,