Raccoon in Red & Copper Octopus stitched by hand on 8x10

stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

and I can picture Lady Mary wearing a dress just like this one

and is considered by the Met to be the ‘only American to work in the true couture tradition’

Japanese tissue and cotton floss on cotton paper

you can’t take them home as pets

Raccoon in Red & Copper Octopus stitched by hand on 8x10I couldnt call myself a Torontonian if I didnt have a raccoon in my collection. It was surprisingly difficult to find a historic illustration of a raccoon that looked right, until I found this delightful (if slightly guilty looking) specimen in the 1918 book Wild Animals of North America: Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom. The raccoon is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper,