Felt Elephants

I got inspired to make some little felt elephants.  At first, I thought I'd use these for Valentine's, but I decided to save them for another occasion.

I made the pattern pretty simple for these and here's how I did it.

1. - Circle.

2- Flat line near the bottom.

3- Half circle above line.

4- Short line on the left and sketched in the leg/trunk.  Can you see it....

5- Punch a little heart pattern for it as well.

After the pattern was made, I cut the felt and added button eyes.

For the tails, I used some yarn I already had....3 strains, braided.

First I stitched the heart and eye on.

Then I did a blanket stitch around the edge being sure to sew on the top loop for hanging and the little tail.

Next stuff him from the bottom.  I used a pencil to get the stuffing into the legs and trunk.

Then stitch him all the way up and done!  (Yes, I pretty much always sew while watching HGTV or the Food Network.)

Then I sewed a whole bunch more....