Elephant Cuddle Cushion Free PDF Tutorial + Book Giveaway
Jenny Wilding Cardon is here today to share a free PDF download for the Elephant Cuddle Cushion from her book, ReSew: Turn Thrift-Store Finds into Fabulous Designs. Learn more about Jenny at her WildCards blog and in her introduction.
Download your Elephant Cuddle Cushion PDF Tutorial today! Your comment on this post also enters you to WIN a copy of ReSew: Turn Thrift-Store Finds into Fabulous Designs.
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201 Responses to “Elephant Cuddle Cushion Free PDF Tutorial + Book Giveaway”
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So cute! I love thrifting and am always looking for new project ideas.
such a fun pillow and a great way to upcycle!
What a cute re-purposed pillow! Love it!
I just love this elephant! Now I just need to find a suitable sweater.
such a fun pillow!
So cute. I downloaded for the future. Thanks for the tutorial.
Cute!
adorable!
What a great cushion!
Thanks!
So cute! I have a stripy sweater that’s been waiting to be given a new life!
My daughter loves elephants. After I downloaded the PDF I realized you made this out of a sweater, what a great idea. Fabulous recycle project. Thank you!
DARLING!!!!
So sad, I just gave an older sweater to the thrift store. It would have been perfect for this darling pillow; and my grandson would have LOVED it!
What a great project! I love the idea behind the book.
Such amazing inspration!
Cute! Cute! Idea- just think in my ignorant young years I gave all those weird sweaters away. Wish I could get them back now! Thanks
I never would have thought to make an elephant from an old sweater! How cute. The book looks really fun.
Wow, great idea!
it’s so funny ! my boys love this one !
sooo cute.
This is so adorable!! Thanks for the pdf!
I love this project!!! Thank you for the PDF tutorial.
Always looking for fun projects to reuse nice clothes that don’t fit anymore. My daughter will love to make this!
i love thrifty crafts and reduce reuse recycle!!
Repurposing as its best! I love this… and my daughter will flip out when I make her one! Thanks!
CUTE!
that is so adorable. i want to make this for my niece and my aunt! hahaha she loves elephants. sign me up for the book giveaway please!! ive never won anything so i dont know how this stuff works. thanks for sharing!
Nice pillow! I love upcycling. Sounds like a cool book!
Oh my! I LOVE it!!! And a fabulous book idea too…
That pillow is uber-cute and I would love to win the book!
Love the ideas in this book! How creative! Would love to win and make some of these creations!
Looks like a great book!
How funny! My nephew would love this one!
My daughter would love this pillow! Thanks for sharing!
What an adorable pillow!! Love it
What an adorable pillow! Love it!
Awesome! I love up-cycling!
What a great playfull pillow for kids!
Very creative! There’s nothing more satisfying than taking an object and creating something totally new.
That is so fun! Thanks for the download.
I love this pillow! I want to get my craft on and make this pillow. It makes you smile just looking at it.
Downloaded the pdf and now I’m looking for a sweater with bright colors. Thanks Jenny
I love this!! I think I need this book too.
Oh my goodness!! That is just adorable!! I envy people with thrift stores. There are a lot of things missing in our little town–movies, swimming pool, anything related to entertainment, and….thrift stores. Thirty five (35) miles to the nearest one, and I’ve long ago depleted my own closet.
I can see this being someone’s favorite snuggy!!
WAY too cute. Love the fact that he was an earlier mistake turned elephant. I love elephants. Thanks for sharing.
Have a God Filled Day
Shirley
I love this–I’m definitely going to have to make some for the kids in my family!
Gettin’ so that I hate to take anything to the thrift store because I want to find ways to recycle them…lol Thanks for a great giveaway.
Very clever!
Absolutely adorable!
Absolutely adorable!!!
Cool idea — I want to know where she is getting these awesome stripey sweaters though!!!
This book is such a great idea (and I love the pillow PDF), but I won’t need thrift store finds – I still have all my sweaters from high school and college to disassemble first!
This looks fun! Always curious about things I can do.
i so would love to win this book. what great wonderful ideas!!!! especially, when we/i repurpose!
Love this, as a graduate of University of Alabama (mascot: Big Al the elephant) this is perfection for gifts. Thanks!
That book seems really neat . . . again more people that are way more creative than me!
Super cute idea!
Too Cute, “Elephants are the new owl”. Definate pattern keeper!
Many thanks
Fabulous cushion!! I’ve got my fingers crossed for this book
What a great way to save a favorite or special handmade sweater!
so cute, I love it!
My kids think this is so cute. We’ll have to start checking out thrift stores to find the right kind of sweater. Thanks for sharing.
Cute! I have been buying up sweaters but haven’t actually done anything with them yet. Doh. This could be my chance!
I love these thrifty ideas. I love to save money any way I can : )
Cute pillow.
What a cute project.
Such an adorable elephant. Thanks for the pattern! I love re-purposing things.
brilliant design and love the use of stripes.
I SEW want to make one of these!
Super cute!
i love this pillow. i need, I want, i must have this book. thanks for the pattern.
Fun pillow!
OMG love this! Definitely going to have to check the book out.
That is so cute! Great use of old sweaters.
Just love the elephant. I have the perfect sweater for one. Can’t wait to make him.
adorable! thanks for sharing the pattern!
Just love this elephant and I have the perfect sweater for it. I can’t wait to make it.
This is so cute! I just remembered an old sweater that will work perfectly for this. Thanks for sharing your talents with us!
what a lovely pillow elefant! i am sorrie that my kids are already to old for this, but i really like it!
Oh, wow. I have tons of things waiting for repurposing. I love this idea!
i LOVE to upcycle, so i would love a copy of this book!!
That’s so cute! I wonder if my husband would miss a jumper or two …
Sew cute–I have kids and nieces/nephews that will love this. The book looks great for my teenage daughters who what new and different, while I want cheap!
so cute! my kids would sure love this!
How cute! And what a great idea for a book!
That is sew cute!
I plan on making this as a gift for a baby shower I have coming up. I was stumped on what to make and now I am excited to get started. Thanks for sharing your idea and the free PDF.
love, love, love this pillow… thanks for the free PDF!
How fun!! My son would love that pillow. Thanks for the tutorial!
Gorgeous. I love to repurpose – so much so that I have storage allocated for items I want to recycle – mostly items with a memory attached but some specifically bought from thrift stores because they had that “I can do something with that” look about them. I’m about to go rummaging to find something to make this elephant out of it – perfect for my sons jungle themed room
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That elephant is adorable. Feeling inspired to make a stuffed toy today after seeing it!
That elephant is darling!!!
Great example of what I said in your intro post. I only see an old striped sweater. I would never have seen an elephant hiding in there! So cute.
I love thrifting, and I’d love this book!
That elephant cushion is just so cute. Any child would love it!
What a great idea, my granddaughter would love this she is elephant crazy so might have to have a go
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This book looks great!
I had a similar elephant pillow as a kid only mine was plain grey, not such crazy cool colors…this one is so much nicer!
Too cute! Great bright colors! Makes me want to jump up and head out to the thrift store!
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Simply adorable!!! Thanks for the pattern!
so fun!!
So cute! My son would love that!
This is one of the absolute cutest things I have seen. It is good for boy or girl. Thank you for pattern!
What a great way to refashion knits! My nieces will love this little guy.
Super Cute pillow!!!
I LOVE the things you can do with a sweater, Jenny!! The ears and the trunk are just adorable on this little guy. I’m looking forward to seeing your book. Thanks for sharing!
Turning thrifted threads into something new – one of my favourite things!
So cute! Now, if only winter was over, I could cut up one of my sweaters and make it!
I’d love to win this book…or really any of this weeks prizes!
Thanks, amber
So cute – I’ve got to get to a thrift store soon to get a “stash” of things to repurpose.
Whar a creative way to reuse a sweater.
Love this…my daughter collects elephants and what a fun project to add to her collection.
My daughter would love this. I like to reuse clothes rather than give them away!
cute!
Loooove this! I wonder how experienced at sewing you have to be to make it?
What a great book; I have seen some of the photos from the book and they don’t look like resewn at all!
Okay, this is going in my To-Do craft folder ASAP. What a great idea!
What a great project. My grandson will be getting one of these as soon as I find the right sweater for it!
that is too cute! i love everything about it, especially that is is recycled
This is SO cute! I can’t wait to try it.
This pillow is really cute, love it!
Thanks for the pdf and the opportunity to win!
Very cute! I think my nephew might like one.
as if i need any more excuse to go thrifting…
My mom repurposes all the time – will pass this pattern along.
genuis. i love it.
Another great excuse for me to go second-hand shopping!
Oh wow, I love that! I’m a big fan of the thrift store makeover projects because I just don’t have the finances to buy a lot of new fabric at the fabric store!
love it-thanks for the pdf!
I love finding new ideas to “re-craft” things! Thanks.
that is amazing, thanks so much for sharing!
Super cute!
thrift store eepurposing is my favorite!!
I LOVE THIS!!! so fun:)
I know 2 nephews and a niece that will love this. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the PDF, it looks adorable! I’d love a chance to win the book
Maybe this is the project! I’ve been keeping a really great since 7th grade, but never quite have the heart to actually take scissors to it….
What a great project! I have a very pregnant friend, recycling minded, that would love this. I promptly downloaded it and am anxious to find the right 2nd hand find to make it! Thank you very much for posting this. I need to head off to find the book now, too!
I continued to be amazed at the clever people in this world!
Great set of giveaways! I’m enjoying all the pillow tutorials and looking forward to seeing the finalists.
Great use of an old sweater!
I love the striped sweater- what a great way to use up old clothes! Great inspiration- Thank you!
xoxo,
Amy
Very cool! I would love to win a copy of your book. I love my thrift store.
aw………….i am going to make this for my son if I win it!
thank you for the opportunity!
Fab! I’m always looking for new ways to re-cycle and re-use.
This is so adorable, how very clever.
Love turning something old into something cool and new – wow!
Sooo cute!
Thanks for the pdf. This is very cute!
I really want to play with it! It’s very cool!!!
And I’m really curious about this book!
That is such a fun pillow so bright.
This is adorable!! Thanks
super cute!
Cute Pillow! This book is on my wishlist.
Seems like a real fun book!
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So cute!!
Cute! I love those colors, and such a clever idea!
Very cute! Love the idea of re purposing old garments or anything made out of fabric.
I think that this is such a fantastic idea. I’ve always loved thrifting, but I generally have no idea what to do with things when they don’t turn out the way that I expect. This is a fantastic idea!
How adorable! I have 5 grandchildren who would all love me to make these.
What a great way to reuse old sweaters and the elephant pillow is super cute!
This is so cute!!! Wonder if I have a pink sweater to use..that would be cute.
Those color cards drive me nuts! They’re out of stock everywhere I try to buy one, but there are 5 here, taunting me!
Cute! The trunk and ears make it perfect for toting around
great idea for kid’s gifts. thanks for the inspiration!
That is such a fun pillow, love all the ideas that you are showing.
Debbie
Love this! I have the perfect striped sweater that I’ve been meaning to felt for, oh, I don’t know, 3 years (ahem!). Thanks!
i ♥ elephants! thanks for a wonderful tutorial!
This pillow is adorable and I have just the old striped sweater waiting for it!
Awww.. cutest elephant ever.
Ooh, got to make that elephant, he’s great!
It’d be lovely to win the book too…
Love this pillow. I have the perfect jumper too. I thought this was a knitted pillow and was trying to think who would make it for me but this is so much better. Thanks
Love it! Beats the pillowpets
LOVE this! My girls are so into elephants and have two sweaters just waiting to be recycled into something great – now I know what to do with them! Thanks!
What an awesomely cute way to recycle ! Can’t wait to see what else is in the book.
adorable!!!
This is very very cute.
I love refashions…so creative!
I can recycle from my own closet. A whole herd of elephants!
i love thrifting! can’t wait to get my hands on this book. my pillow entry is all about thrifting!
love him!
How adorable! Thank you for the free pattern!
This is so cute! I love that it reuses an old sweater as well!
How cute. Very much interested in upcycling and this is a great project.
Gail
I love to thrift shop, and I’m always looking for things to re-purpose. This looks like a great idea! Thanks!
HOW CUTE!!! Planning on a neutral nursery for Baby #3…this little elephant pillow would be a great project to design the entire room around!
thanks for the free pattern! adorable
This elephant is adorable! I have a box of sweaters that I have grown out of over the years and this will be a perfect way to put them to use! Thanks!
Who would have thunk it! What a wonderful imagination! I love it!
Super cute! Will have to keep on file for when my brother and sis-in-law have a niece or nephew for me, since they both love elephants!
Great frugal idea! I’d love to win that book!
Great project
This one is super cute!
That elephant’s trunk is so awesomely cute!
Would love to win a copy of this book! I’m always scouring the thrift stores for treasures to make into my own treasures. Thanks for a chance to win!
What an awesome book, and a really cute project! (And of course an awesome giveaway.)
Oh that is cute. What a great idea!
Thanks for the PDF! This will be a nice addition to DS’s collection of elephants!
seriously whimsical pillow!
Wow that elephant pillow is really creative and adorable. I have to make one for my granddaughter who loves elephants. When she was four she wanted a stuffed elephant that would fly like Dumbo-too cute:-) Thanks for a chance to win the book.
I LOVE the pillow, and I love that it gets the wheels turning about other ideas for recycling clothing. I want to go through all of our clothes RIGHT NOW!
I love elephants and reusing/re-purposing/recycling is the best way to go in my book!