Shoe Roses

I cut these out last January to go with the red stripe evening gown, but they were still in my commute bag when the first lock-down began. (Ah, for the days of yore when one carried small hand-sewing projects to work on during bus rides).

Shoe roses, just over 2" in diameter.

They're very simple, and went together laughably quickly once I managed to start: foundation of scrap buckram, covered in white muslin and then knife-pleated strips of bias-cut silk, with a smaller silk-covered buckram round to fill the center. Shoe clips from American Duchess are stitched to the back.