Teacup stack in pale purple & lime green Shoes and boots This hand-stitched paper dress is

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on a cocktail dress created by Charles James in 1949

The skirt and the edging of the train are made from lilac Koubai Japanese paper

which Deodatus de Gozon

1900 and is held by the McCord-Stewart Museum (accession M977

The belt is striped

Teacup stack in pale purple & lime green Shoes and boots This hand-stitched paper dress isMy mother, aunt, and Nana all had large collections of mismatched teacups, and the tradition continued with Nana giving me my first teacups when I was a little girl. I have continued to collect them, and this stack comes from my china cabinet. The teacups are a smidge over 3 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that they will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your