Heart in gold on blue & red Regency dress with rayon floss adding shine

with rayon floss adding shine to the strands of beads

Japanese chiyogami paper in silver filigree on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny silver and black glass beads

is made from Edo Kosome Japanese paper

all that black-on-black won’t translate well into stitched paper

Heart in gold on blue & red Regency dress with rayon floss adding shineThis heart is based on an 1885 illustration of 'The Heart' from the Womans Christian Temperance Unions Hygiene for Young People. The heart is 6 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: Nepalese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper.