1760s shoe in bronze & blue Beard & Moustache with rayon floss adding shine

with rayon floss adding shine to the strands of beads

stitched by hand by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

Japanese tissue and cotton floss on cotton paper

acrylic rhinestones

you'll see that this ferocious little vampire bat has teeny tiny stitched fangs

1760s shoe in bronze & blue Beard & Moustache with rayon floss adding shineThis elegant woman's shoe is based on a design from the 1760s; the originals were of painted kid leather. Mine features a buckle in metallic paper, embellished with tiny acrylic rhinestones, each one carefully stitched on by hand. The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A 1891). The shoe is 3. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any