Hedgehog in Pink Flowers on Buff Regency dress ivory-coloured glass beads decorate the

ivory-coloured glass beads decorate the bodice and a gold sequin stands in for a brooch

notched collar and a full skirt

over a camisole cut from gold and white floral Japanese chiyogami paper

This hand-stitched paper gown in the ‘artistic’ or ‘aesthetic’ style is based on an English dress designed for Liberty & Co

embellished with glass beads

Hedgehog in Pink Flowers on Buff Regency dress ivory-coloured glass beads decorate theThe 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