Baby Elephant Quilt

baby elephant quilt

back of quilt with coin stack

I scanned and enlarged the elephant and flowers etc from the fabric itself, and embroidered the design in a simple chain stitch with DMC Perle 8 thread, doubling back in the opposite direction to make the embroidered lines thicker.

finished front

elephant — the elephant in blue and green, with a pretty eye

the two flowers in green thread

the leaf in a darker green

two rows of chain stitch in opposite directions — two close rows of chain stitch in opposite directions

quilting stitches — hand-quilting around the motifs

binding

all signed and ready for the mail man — signed 🙂

Baby Elephant Quilt - front — baby elephant quilt - front

Baby Elephant Quilt - back — baby elephant quilt - back