On Two Little 1920's Elephants!

Hi, happy new year a quarter of the year in, clearly things are not off to a racing start on here...

Ages and ages ago, I came across an image of a pattern for an elephant from the September 1921 issue of Allers Familie Journal on Pinterest and it went in a folder for later use. Time went by and after quite a bit searching I manged to hunt down a digital copy of the magazine on the PLU Archives and find the remaining pages I needed for his clothes.

And then I forgot about it, which was followed by remembering it a considerable time latter and finally printing the pieces out. The project then was put off for ages while I tried to find the right fabric both in terms of color and texture. 

Found the right fabric about a year and a half ago and ended up buying it in two shades, and then once again it was put off. Recently I decided it was time to tackle this project (with motivation coming from possibly needing some gray for another project). With continued indecision over which of the two color gray fabrics I was using, the solution became that I would be making two elephants because, why not also make a girl elephant? 

I did end up translating the original instructions from Swedish more just to see if they did anything fun construction-wise, but then it became a mission to get it all translated resulting in over four hours of "fun".

And...after three months (no, it should not have taken more than a weekend), I had Imogene and Walter.

 

With Walter I used the pattern from the magazine for his clothes, although I'm not entirely sure they were the right size for him since I resized the page from the magazines and originally for the body I was working with a screenshot image. Imogene, being my own idea, I used the pattern for Walter's shirt, extending it and leaving off the sleeves, and adding a bias tape belt. I keep wondering if she might need a sequin brooch eventually. 

 

 

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