Hawksbill Turtle in Gold & Purple Elephant The original shoe

The original shoe

hand-stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper

This hand stitched turquoise Regency dress

Ancient and Modern

Hawksbill Turtle in Gold & Purple Elephant The original shoeHawksbill 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