Busy day yesterday. I was still suffering from a fever and woke up at about 2 a.m.
Could. Not. Go. Back. To. Sleep. Suffer...
So what does one do when stuck in a illness driven insomnia? Well you cut out your cloth patterns for making softies! Ahh the joys of my trusty Clover roller cutter! It makes pattern cutting so much easier.
We were to have brunch with some friends back in town for a short break at about Noon. A friend of mine who has just had the sweetest little boy was coming. I felt gripped with guilt. I had promised her a softie for her son! Oh Oh. I also promised an elephant. So I quickly went through my fabric box and pattern file and pulled together a little elephonte (sans tusks 'cause I figured that a baby elephant doesn't have tusks (yet?)).
The fabric is high quality made in Japan cotton (with little elephant prints) and for the contrast for the ears, I used a cornflower cotton (can't really be seen in the photos). The pattern was simple, but the trick was the batting for the ears and piecing everything together by hand, after machine-sewing the various parts.
I think she liked it and I think he kinda liked it too. He seemed a very astute customer, silently fingering the fabric of the elephonte in his sleep. He knows quality.
