A lady asked me on my facebook fan page if I could sew 2 hippopotamus for 2 young girlies in her life. I looked everywhere trying to find a sewing pattern and none was there to be found 
So I put my big girl panties and went to work drafting my own…
And so glad I did!! All in all it took me less than 45 min and I had a cute pattern that I couldn’t wait to see alive with fabrics 
Sooooo happy with the end products!!! I may or may not have made a happy dance…
they are made from men’s wool pants, cotton blanket and remnant and t-shirts.
A bit smaller than the stuffed elephant, they measures: 7″x10 1/2″.
Still need to find them a name, any ideas?? I was thinking of Germaine for the girlies and Hyppolite for the bad boy…
Une dame m’a demandé sur ma page facebook si je pouvais lui faire 2 toutous hippopotames pour deux petites filles. J’ai cherché partout sur internet un patron de couture et niet, rien du tout qui soit intéressant… Je me suis donc assise pour m’en faire un maison et je suis absolument ravie du résultat!!! En tout, faire le patron m’a pris 45 minutes. Pas si mal Je vous présente donc mes Germaine et Hyppolite!
Aaaw… Ils sont super mignons! Bravo!
Oh, merci beaucoup!! chaque fois que je les regarde, ça me donne une petite joie
Whoa . . . . . . I LOVE!!! these!!!
Aren’t they cute?! Love them to bits!
ah que j’ai hate ! je viens d’aviser mon chum qu’on en avait un pour mini-emile en commande !
Le garçon de Karine s’appelle aussi émile
je fini mes chiens et je te concocte ça,
You did a great job, they are so qute!
Thank you so much!!
Absolutely delightful! They could be called George and Martha. They are hippo characters in a series of children’s books written by James Marshall. I always chuckle whenever I read these books because the characters are so funny with each other. ~ Thea
Thanks Thea! we don’t have those books in french
i bet hippos characters must be real funny!
I love these, oh! they are so cute
(hey, I can finally leave a comment, yay!) , Josee, je voulais aussi te laisser savoir j’ai recu mon dumpling Vendredi dernier, il est beau! je l’utilise! je l’aime beaucoup! je voulais aussi te remercier pour les petits chocolats, je les ai tous mange quand mon paquet est arrive! 
Merci encore, passe une belle soiree! 
Je suis bien contente qu’il t’ait plus! Ça m’a fait plaisir pour les chocos, une petite douceur ça se prend toujours bien! Merci encore pour ton support
une belle soirée à toi aussi! <3
Totally adorable! Love, love, love!
Thanks so much! I was very pleased with myself if i may say so
I absolutely LOVE these!!! Not only do I love the cute pattern that you came up with and the great fabrics that you used — but I love that they are hippos! Crazy enough, the town that we live in has the hippopotamus as its mascot. Almost a hundred years ago a circus train broke down in the town and a hippo escaped. Ever since it has been the mascot, not just for the schools, but you find painted cement statues of hippos around businesses, as well as people’s lawns.
Kenley
How cool and that’s a funny story!
do you have a lawn hippo??? Mist be interesting to see them scattered around ah! Thanks for the great compliment and i wish you a wonderful day!
We actually do not have a lawn hippo. Maybe someday…