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Baby Elephant Quilt

baby elephant quilt
baby elephant quilt
back of quilt with coin stack
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
finished front
elephant
the elephant in blue and green, with a pretty eye
the two flowers in green thread
the two flowers in green thread
the leaf in a darker green
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
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

© 2021 Helene Goldberg · 25reasons · Made with in Melbourne, Australia

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