Dress #009: Regency dress in mint and gold: rear view. 2014 Gallery The snail is 4 inches

The snail is 4 inches wide

or the exaggerated curves and nipped in waist of the Victorian era

and features gold flamingoes on a bright pink background

with couched stitches and glass beads decorating the neckline and the bottom of the tabard

This darling little dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned in green bamboo and pink and white flowers on a blue background

Dress #009: Regency dress in mint and gold: rear view. 2014 Gallery The snail is 4 inchesBased on Victoria & Albert Museum accession T. 795 1913, a British evening dress from about 1810. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 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: Chiyogami, Japanese tissue, and cotton floss on cotton paper.