Raccoon in Yellow & Gold Shoes and boots with curving lines of couched

with curving lines of couched floss imitating the piping of the original dress

25 inches wide

It is based on an American dress from the early 1880s

and is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T

I found this delightful garden snail in 'The Naturalists' Miscellany

Raccoon in Yellow & Gold Shoes and boots with curving lines of couchedI 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,