Nellie the elephant pack her trunk and said goodbye to the circus...

In these past months a lot of babies are born among our friends.
As a welcome gift, I sewed some little elephants ;)
It's a pattern found on a book named "One-yard wonders", the Elodie the Elephant, designed by Sarah Faix. It's really an easy pattern and the result is nice and cuddly.
I used some gingham cotton fabric and a France Duval-Stalla fabrics (bought on Supercut.it). The filling is a 100% natural wool (bought here).
Every elephant came with its little bag. Here are some photos of the last two :)

Elephant: lilac gingham fabric and France Duval-Stalla blue stars popeline.
Bag: fabric with deer from the local market

Elephant: lilac gingham fabric and France Duval-Stalla blue stars popeline.
Bag: pink cotton and France Duval-Stalla silver dragonflies batista.

And everytime I'm sewing an elephant, in my mind I'm singing Nellie the elephant, sang by the Toy Dolls (it's really crazy, my brother used to dance on it with F. when he was two year old, laughing 'till tears!).

Cheers ;)

Back to school!

I'm back.

Seven months without writing a word... it was a really hard and full period, with no time to take photos of my projects and to write something, but in the meanwhile I sewed some dresses for my little C., something for me and some special projects.

But today F. was back to school.
So I want to restart this blog with something I made for him.
Last year was his first year at the nursery, and he needed a backpack to bring his towel, his bib and some clothes.

I wanted to do something very special, something that will leave to him a beautiful memory of this time, like my mother did with me (I still have my little bag with two cats playing with water drops and my named sewed in red).
And then I found the right pattern!

This is another super work from this amazing book.
Always made with ikea Fabric, this for the exterior and this for the interior.
With a small red pocket inside, to keep small candy or an hankie.

I'm quite happy about the result, but I think that next time I will try some little changes, as for examples using a different fabric for the straps (I used a black linen fabric, because I was in a hurry as I sewed the backpack just the day before, but it's too slippery) and I will try to find a way to keep the back stright in place.
But F... he was enthusiastic and really proud of his backpack!And he is still really happy! :)

F. this morning ready for school :)