Hedgehog in Pink Flowers on Buff Met If you look closely

If you look closely

This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress is cut from rich cream paper and embellished with ivory-coloured glass beads

summer 1890 catalogue

Beaded tassels shake and shimmy in these little gems of original boudoir art

The style was a stark contrast to the heavily structured and corseted fashions of the time

Hedgehog in Pink Flowers on Buff Met If you look closelyThe 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