Swan in white with pale coloured fibres Burlesque and train are in ecru

and train are in ecru

based on a design from an 1888 Work Bros

My little paper darlings are based on a 1792 illustration from Bewick’s ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’

I was correct about the first

where the starting point is a large circular piece of fabric with a small circle cut out of the centre

Swan in white with pale coloured fibres Burlesque and train are in ecruThis swan is based on an illustration of Der Schwan from Johann Daniel Meyers 1748 book Angenehmer Und Ntzlicher Zeit Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender, Fliegender Und Schwimmender, Auf Dem Land Und Im Wasser Sich Befindender Und Nhrender Thiere. In English, thats A pleasant and useful pastime, with the contemplation of curious ideas about all sorts of crawling, flying, and swimming animals, living and feeding on