Elephant Button Bag

This bag, which may be used for buttons or marbles, is a source of delight both to maker and user. Gray felt was selected for this, with a blanket or saddle cloth of gorgeous orange (Fig. 1).

Fig. 2 shows the drawing of the shape which forms the pattern of the bag. Two separate pieces must be cut like this (Fig. 3).

Fig. 4 shows the pattern for ears and tusks. Gray felt, slightly darker in tone than the felt used for the body of the elephant, should be selected for the ears, and white or ivory felt for the tusks.

Fig. 5 shows the two large pieces of gray felt machinestitched together, with a three-inch opening left across the top. The saddle cloth is a rectangular piece of felt, measuring two and a half by five inches, decorated with a running stitch of black.

This saddle cloth is sewed to the back of the elephant, leaving the front edge of the opening free. A snap fastener is sewed to the saddle and to the front side of the bag, as shown in Fig. 6. A piece of gray soutache braid, a narrow strip of felt or a bit of cord will suggest a tail, while small bright beads, orange in color, used for the eyes, will give to our elephant the well-known expression of sagacity.

Small brass bells are attached to each corner of the saddle cloth. A bone or brass ring, sewed to the middle of the saddle cloth, makes a convenient hanger (see Fig. 1). Other color schemes which might be used with equal success are suggested:

(1) Black felt for the elephant, bright green saddle, gray ears and tail.

(2) Dark violet elephant, bright yellow saddle, white ears and tail.

(3) Brown elephant, orange saddle, yellow ears and tail.

(4) Dark green elephant, bright red saddle, gray ears and tail.

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