Elephants on parade

This little elephant softie belonged to my father in law.  It looks to be mostly hand stitched and at one time had some embroidery on the back end where the remnants of red threads still poke through the muslin.  It is stained and patched over in several places, all signs of a well loved toy.  They say elephants live a long time.  This one is close to 80 years old.
There are a few of these around blog land and on Pinterest, and in this hi tech world, it's nice to see there's still a need for an old fashioned cuddle toy.  I think they are cute, so I drafted a new one based on Jim's elephant.

It took a few revisions.  That trunk was a pain to stuff.

This one measures about 9 inches long by 7 inches high. And because I can't seem to make just one of anything little and stuffed, I made an even smaller one.

At 3.5 x 5.5 inches, she is just right as a pincushion.  I left the sides open on her blanket to hold a small pair of scissors.  I love her.

 I don't know which was more fun, making them or playing with them, taking their picture.