Tulip

Tulip
Originally uploaded by EmLocke12.

This stuffed elephant, from an old, old, old book called Splendid Soft Toys, was my project for the week.

This book is so old, it was published before there were copy machines to make pattern enlargement quick and painless. She was actually supposed to be larger, but I had to scale down because I didn’t have paper big enough to copy the pattern (on a grid).

I embroidered her eyes –that was fun. And she has a ‘t’ on one foot. The foot pads were the hardest part.

She doesn’t stand up on her own because her trunk is a little longer than her legs. Maybe she’ll grow into it! For now, she is good for hugs.

My other project this week was to finish my applications to summer graduate programs in publishing. Now I’ll be hugging Tulip for good luck.