Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Arabesques & Birds Hippopotamus Materials: Italian paper

Materials: Italian paper

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

so that is the colour I’ve chosen here

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Hawksbill Turtle in Florentine Arabesques & Birds Hippopotamus Materials: Italian paperHawksbill 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