Stuffed Elephant

I am having to re-think my identity--apparently I am now Someone Who Makes Stuffed Animals. This is all new to me. But seriously, who wouldn't be enchanted by the idea of this elephant, when they came across it in Erica Wilson's For the Baby book?

I've had this book for years and have hardly used it for anything, scarred as I was by my mother flipping through it and saying, "Oh, these aren't very good directions." Sure enough, when I came to sew the elephant, I found that the directions said, "Sew pieces together." Thanks, Erica!



This is the mother. She's about six inches tall, and made of an old cotton shirt. Her tail is three strands of cotton yarn braided together. And she's getting some babies this weekend.