We recently received the book Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers, and I instantly fell in love with this sweet story of friendship. I loved it so much, that I knew I wanted to do more with this book – to recreate it somehow. And with visions of Once Upon a Thread going through my head, an idea was born.
There is just something so sweet about the friendship between the penguin and the little boy. That a penguin would dare to fly, reminds us that no dream is too big…
That this little boy would do anything to help his friend achieve his dream…
And then be there at all costs to catch him if he falls…
It’s just so sweet, and touches a chord in all of us. After all…
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(Click on the above image for the Printable)
Tomorrow I will share the pattern and tutorial for making the Up and Down penguin, and later on in the week I will share how I made the Penguin’s helmet and little boy’s shirt.
Thanks so much for stopping by, and until next time…
Happy Sewing!
So cute and fun! Looks like I need to check out that book (and not let Ansley see how cute that penguin is until I have time to make one). And Ben is just getting cuter and cuter. 🙂
Oh i can’t wait till tomorrow!
This is too awesome! Thanks for sharing! (And love that it is boy oriented, lots of cute girl stuff out there but not so much for boys!)
Oooh yay! I can’t wait for the penguin tutorial. I am going to have to find that book as well, looks so sweet 🙂
This is way too adorable!
I just love everything about this post!
I love this book and the outfit looks exactly like it! So cute!
Such a crazy cute post Jessica!! I love the little penguin and the outfit too – this would be a great gift as a set with the book!!!
oh ADORABLE!
I love books and coordinating plush-pets.
My daughter carries a Spot around.
Do you know this book? Mo Willems: Knuffle bunny.
Check it out, you will love it!
I’m sure gonna make a penguin and buy the book!
Greetings,
Tina
I love this! my son will look adorable in this little outfit. I cannot wait to try and make this for him. Thanks for sharing.
OMG….that is just he cutest! I am sure it is going to be so nice when your son gets older and you are able to share the pics with him and the story behind it. I love the penguin….he is adorable!!
This is soooo adorable! Thanks so much for sharing the tutorial!! Great job 🙂
I made mine here http://embendesigns.blogspot.com/2012/02/up-down-penguin.html
thanks for your patterns. That story is so fun and the first picture in this post is darling.
I loved reading ‘Lost and Found’ to my daughter and your little suit is just so cute! The photo are very pretty too! Everything is adorable 🙂
So adorable! I love the two of them just sitting side by side!