Hedgehog in Gold and Dark Red Costume dress and glass beads on cotton

and glass beads on cotton paper

Materials: Japanese papers and cotton floss on cotton paper

Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

The faint shimmer of handmade purple Japanese papers evokes the silk crepe of the underdress and silk velvet of the tabard

Hedgehog in Gold and Dark Red Costume dress and glass beads on cottonThe 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