This is a cloth book that I made for my friend's son Caleb who recently celebrated his first birthday. It's the same little boy who I made Elouise & Elmore for, and as you can see I used the same fabric here that I used for the two stuffed elephants.
A little info about the inspiration behind this book:
While sorting through some of my husband's boxes of old treasures we came across this short story he wrote en francais back in the fourth grade (shown above behind the cloth book). It's really quite adorable, typewritten carefully with the French accents added in pencil by hand. Although the pencil-crayon elephant and crocodile drawings are very cute I decided to re-illustrate the story for the reproduction of the book. I can't take full credit for the drawings since they were based on doodles I liked from the internet, however I did draw everything myself using just my index finger and the touchpad of my laptop! Yes...yes...there are easier ways (I've been meaning to get a tablet for years).
It worked out perfectly that I had enough material left over for all of the pages. Too bad I was about an inch short of brown ribbon but I filled in the gap along the border by sewing in a white button! It was a lot of fun putting together this project.
Anyway I think my friend will get a real kick out of this sewing project because of the added personal touch, and hopefully there aren't any glaring grammar mistakes in there! We wouldn't want her son picking up bad habits before he starts attending his French daycare this winter.
