House Mouse in Blue Paisley 1970s man held by the Metropolitan Museum

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1980

25 inches tall

hand-stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper

created by Charles James in ca

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss cotton paper

House Mouse in Blue Paisley 1970s man held by the Metropolitan MuseumGrowing up, mice were my favourite animal. A birthday or Christmas didnt go by without someone getting me a mouse of some sort jewellery, stuffed animals, porcelain figurines. It may seem surprising that it has taken me this long to make a stitched paper mouse, but I had to find the perfect vintage illustration. I finally found it in Richard Lydekker & Philip Lutley Sclaters The Royal Natural History from 1893. The mouse is 4. 75 inches across,