Materials and tools:

- a teddy toy

- clothes

- sandpaper

- paint (oil, pastel)

- black pastel, watercolour pencil or charcoal

- potassium permanganate (optional)

- brush

- scissors

- floss

- different pieces of fabric

Awaiting the changes...

Sand its plush surface, rub only the right way strongly, but gently, don't damage the fabric.

Slightly paint the rubbed place:

Add black to remove excess light and gloss:

Seam-rip the ears to age them. Pull out hair with tweezers.

This is what you get:

See how plush changes after being shaded:

Do the same within the body where you see it necessary:

I decided to attach an image to the belly:

The image is a pattern on cotton:

I iron it with the help of a fusible webbing:

The smell of sawdust and lavender appeared when heated :) This made me feel greater!

Make a decorative seam:

Take oil paints:

Add shades around the eyes.

Along the seams:

Choose a new position of the ears:

I like the way he looks now :)

Add more shades:

Clean it:

Add some more decorative stitches:

Now think about the clothing and accessories.

I made a jabot:

And a hat:

Here it is, the new 'old' elephant!

You can compare them:

Thank you for being with me up to the end. Ask me if you have any questions. See you!

Yours,
Svetlana EguArt