Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Wine & Orange Parasol For this ballgown

For this ballgown

This corset is based on a design from the 1886 spring and summer catalogue of New York department store B

The polar bear is 4

you'll see that this ferocious little vampire bat has teeny tiny stitched fangs

the simple lines stood in contrast to the elaborate embellishments

Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Wine & Orange Parasol For this ballgownHawksbill turtles are very serious creatures. They like to pontificate, and can often be found lecturing nests of younger turtles. Or older turtles. Any turtles, really. They are the professors of the turtle world. Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. The turtle is 4. 5 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which