SunDIY: Indian Elephant 28/02/16

As part of this SunDIY I continued with my Indian Elephant design. I think I am practically done with this one, I will just be stuffing it (with cotton wool rather than tissue paper, which I used before to little success) and then sewing it up. I am not sure yet if I want the stitches to be visible or not. It will look more professional if I sew the majority of it inside out so that no stitches can be seen, but it might look more hand crafted and colourful to make the stitches a part of the design.

This week I added another colour thread to the design near the hole, which I previously bought at Leeds market the other day. I also added some turquoise petals to the orange stitches by the 'ear'. I don't want to over complicate the design because I could continue sewing into it - but I want to make the image of the elephant clear so I may leave it at this - however I am tempted to do some type of design up the trunk. I will have a think about this and decide on the weekend.