Hedgehog in Pink Flowers on Buff Met This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress

This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress is cut from rich cream paper and embellished with ivory-coloured glass beads

so they are pretty hard to improve on

The style was a stark contrast to the heavily structured and corseted fashions of the time

If you look closely

an English gown from the 1760s

Hedgehog in Pink Flowers on Buff Met This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dressThe only reason I dont have a pet hedgehog is because then Id have to keep mealworms around, andick! Luckily, my stitched paper hedgies dont need to be fed, so they are much less maintenance than a real one. They are covered in a gazillion wee stitched spikes, and have little glass bead eyes. Based on a 1774 illustration of Erinaceus europaeus (European, or Common Hedgehog) from Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur. The hedgehog is 4. 25