Victorian Handbag in Blue, Purple & Yellow Pansies Mid-century dress This hand-stitched wine-red paper dress

This hand-stitched wine-red paper dress is based on a cocktail dress designed by British-born American designer Charles James in 1950

containing 18 yards of best gingham

Materials: Japanese papers

straight out of a Jane Austen novel

I think this dress would look perfect on Betty Draper (or on your wall

Victorian Handbag in Blue, Purple & Yellow Pansies Mid-century dress This hand-stitched wine-red paper dressThis handbag is based on a design from the 1898 spring and summer catalogue of H. ONeill & Co. of New York. The handbag is 3. 25 inches wide, 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, glass bead, and cotton floss on cotton paper.