
This is all I have to show for this crazy week. Peter had his tonsils and adenoids removed Thursday so I have been playing Florence Nightingale (doling out ice cream) and Nurse Rachet (forcing the meds.) He's doing great now though - our biggest problem is trying to keep him down.
Luckily our day-long hospital stay meant a sizable chunk of embroidery and reading time for me. I hate to admit how nice it was but ... it was pretty great!
As I was enjoying both of those things I had an idea for a really fun project of epic proportions that I will, in reality, never do but it's fun to think about. Ready? I was reading "Life of Pi" - yes I know everyone and their dog read this like, 5 years ago - I'm a little behind the literary times. Anyway I was thinking how much fun it would be to embroider one of the scenes from that book (like Pi and the tiger catching flying fish for example). Then how about embroidering great scenes from all your favorite books and making them into one big 'ol quilt? Oh wouldn't it be beautiful? Talk about cuddling up with a good book(s). I suppose it's my love for illustration, embroidery, books, and quilts all rolled up into one big project. *sigh* Maybe one day....
What's your dream project?
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This is LOVELY. And I'm wondering when you're going to start _selling_ embroidery patterns in your shop. You gotta do that.
I love your pattern, and what you did with it is adorable! You should definately come up with some more!
Thank you so much for sharing this sweetness with all of us!!!!it is so lovely and generous!thanks again!
Thank you for the pretty pattern! He's definitely going on my 'to embroider' list!
Oh, wow! I keep saying on my blog how I have a serious pattern hoarding problem and I am trying to cut back but you just made me fall off the wagon. This is so cute! Thank you so much for sharing your elephant pattern with us! I love how you finished him too. My dream project is to make an apron for myself but I don't machine sew (yet) so it may never get made. But that's ok because I have enough embroidery patterns to kep me busy until I'm 110.
What a beautiful elephant - I'll give it a try, but am afraid I will probably not do it justice.
I also love the quilt idea; I had a quilt in my room when I was a child of scenes from the most famous childrens books and when I was older I went and read them all.
Thanks for the free pattern, it's adorable!
thanks so much! so cute! Can't wait to make this for a friend for a baby shower gift.
Thank you for sharing this sweet pattern! I especially like what you did with the completed embroidery. Love your book quilt idea, too!
Thank you for sharing it!!! It´s just lovely!!!
That is so sweet! Thanks for sharing it!
so cute! thank you :)
Oh my! Absolutely gorgeous! Thankyou so much. :-)
OOOOHH thatnk you ... this is so gorgeous .. cant wait to see what you come up with next!!!
The little bird on the elephant just sets it off! Great job and thanks for offering it to the masses for free :)
WOW, it's gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing, how incredibly generous! I'll be linking to this.
Wow, this is beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing it. Your work is gorgeous.
I love your little Elephant! Sew Sweet. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the adorable elephant pattern!
thanks for sharing your cute elephant pattern.
this is so freaking adorable!
thank you so much for sharing it!
thank you for this pattern!! the elephant is so cute.. I'll make three different sizes of this pattern and they can also bring me luck:)
Thanks for the pattern, the finished one looks amazing!!
Adorable!
I love to embroidery.Iam relinking you on Sat. on my blog
Thank you so much for this awesome elephant pattern.Your blog wonderful!
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Love this!! I just finished mine, it's on my blog if you'd like to see it. Thanks so much for sharing this!!
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I love the elephant! I am teaching women in Nicaragua to do redwork so that they can sell quilt blocks to US quilters who don't embroider. It helps them keep their children fed and in school. Would you allow us to use this elephant as one of the designs we sell? You would, of course be credited. (This is very small scale.)
Oh so sweet, I adore it! Thank you!
Thank you for a very cute stitchery...
Thank you so much for sharing this adorable little elephant pattern! Its so sweet!
Thankyou for the pattern! I have an overseas holiday coming up and am hoarding hand sewing projects.
Thank you so much for sharing this cute elephant pattern.
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I have been browsing your designs and think they are absolutely adorable! I am working on some "herb" designs to go with a quilt. I would like to create a pattern for them both (I am so new to this though!). Can you tell me what type of program you use to create your patterns? I am learn Adobe Illustrator, but not proficient enough yet. Would love to know your "process". Thanks so much!
I love your elephant pattern and have been planning to do for a long time. Done it now; it was a gift for a neighbor who helped me a while ago, but when my daughter saw the pillows I made, she kept them... http://piecesandlove.blogspot.com/2010/06/elephants-and-cushions.html
Wow this is lovely ♥i am going to add some music notes out of the irds mouth as i am making it for a music teacher.
Keep up the good work
Becky ♥
thanks so much for the elephant embroidery pattern ... very sweet!
How gorgeous! Thank you so much. The generosity of craft bloggers never fails to astound me.
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Corrine,
I had mailed you a loong time back asking if I could use this pretty pattern for a quilt I was making for my niece.
I wanted to share with you some pics of the final product.
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Your little elephant was the primary inspiration behind the whole piece. Thank you so much and do keep sharing your wonderful ideas!
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Such a beautifully done piece of work. Love for you to link it up to my challenge here http://angsandy.blogspot.com/2011/03/sandys-challenge-3.html
I was thinking how much fun it would be to embroider one of the scenes from that book
Love love love this pattern- thank you for offering it for free! I made it for a friend's baby shower. I linked to this page from here:
http://xstitchandcrafts.blogspot.com/2011/07/elephant-embroidery-for-baby-shower.html
Following your site and I really enjoy all of your pretty projects!
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I love this pattern! I wanted to embroider it for a friend's nursery, but ran out of time. So I painted it instead. Thanks for the inspiration and beautiful design. She loved her gift.
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