1760s shoe in blue roses Victorian dress The sloth is 4

The sloth is 4

The design is based on an afternoon dress by Green & Co

containing 18 yards of best gingham

and is constructed out of the same fabric

I layered Japanese mizutama watermark tissue in dark rose over a shimmering lilac paper

1760s shoe in blue roses Victorian dress The sloth is 4This 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