Wooden elephant
Carved thick on purpose — legs a child cannot snap off.
$34
Cotton turtle
$28
Eyes embroidered, not buttons. Nothing on it can come off.
Materials & dimensions
- Batik cotton offcuts
- Kapok filling
- Cotton embroidery thread
22 × 9 × 18 cm · 140 g
Care
Cold machine wash in a pillowcase, dry flat in shade — kapok holds water, so give it a full day. The batik will soften and lighten. Suitable from birth; no small parts.
Shipping & duties
Standard $39
Express $74.10
North America · 140 g
Free standard shipping over $250.
Import duties and taxes are set by United States, not by us. They are not included above, and your carrier collects them on delivery.
The story
The shell is cut from Padmini's offcuts — the ends of the batik lengths, where the pattern runs out or the crackle went somewhere unplanned. It means every turtle is a different animal and none of the cloth is wasted, which is the sort of arrangement that only works when the person cutting and the person dyeing are the same person.
The eyes are embroidered. There are no buttons, no plastic safety eyes, no glued parts and no ribbon. The flippers are stitched flat to the body rather than stuffed, so there is nothing narrow enough to work loose at the seam.
Stuffed with kapok from the pods of the tree that grows along the road at Bentota. It is lighter than polyester and it clumps a little over the years, which is what old soft toys are supposed to do.
Padmini Silva
Bentota, Southern Province · working since 1992
