You’re about to start stitching the Bon Voyage Mini Suitcase, but there are so many mini motifs on this design… Can you identify them all? Some are easy to tell, others, not so much… Let’s start with the front of the mini suitcase:
The BABY GREEN TURTLE – those little guys hatch at night, in their sand pit, and they run all the way across the beach and into the sea as fast as they can, so that they don’t get caught by oggling birds of prey! They’re so cute, but it’s a really tough life being a baby turtle…
Another easy one to recognise is the RED CARP.
What a magnificient fish!! It lives in rocky deeps and its colour is so vibrant… It’s also a great favourite in tropical cuisine.
Now it’s getting a little trickier: here’s a CROWN OF THORNS (euphorbia milii).
Its beautiful head of vibrant flowers is mounted on a thick stem covered in large thorns (hence its name). It’s a stunning plant, but don’t get too close: it’s a little antisocial!
Can you believe this bird!? Unless you’ve seen one with your own eyes, and even then… it looks like it can’t possibly be a real bird…! But it does exist and it’s an AFRICAN PARADISE FLYCATCHER (terpsiphone paradisi).
Do look it up to find photographs – its tail is absolutely incredible!
Back to plants with this beautifull BOAT LILY (tradescantia spathacea).
Its leaves are dark green on the inside, almost bluish, and purple on the outside, which gives a most striking effect – although on this design, it’s hiding behind the tail end of the African paradise flycatcher – it’s pretending to be shy!
Let’s turn to the back of the mini suitcase now:
Not much suspense, here, with this COCONUT TREE on a gorgeous tropical beach. Just a great amount of longing for that warm yet refreshing water !!
And here’s a TRADITIONAL AFRICAN HUT, so distinctive with its red walls of laterite soil and its dried palm roof. It’s amazing that you can still find entire villages of those huts in remotes parts of the tropics…
This is the base of the trunk of a KAPOK TREE (ceiba pentandra).
It’s an absolute giant of the tropical forest – its base is several metres wide!! Its wood is used to craft everyday utensils such as dishes and plates, without fellling the tree. Pieces of wood are just carved out of its massive trunk.
Here’s a fine specimen of SAND FIDDLER CRAB (uca pugilator).
These little guys live in holes on the beach, and you’ll never see them unless you stand absolutely still and make no noise. As soon as they think it safe, they each come out of their own hole to spar each other like mad creatures! They are very distinctive with one tiny pincer and a great big one, which they use relentlessly. Apparently, they fight each other to impress their lady friends 😉
Last but not least, here’s a SADDLE BILLED STORK (ephippiorhynchus senegalensis).
A very impressive and large bird – a stunning giant stork with a red, black and yellow beak. This magnificient bird is emblematic of Senegal, but you’ll find him elsewhere in the tropics too.
So, what are you waiting for – have you started stitching your Bon Voyage Mini Suitcase yet ? Grab yours, and post photos of your progress! Tag them #BonVoyageMiniSuitcase for everyone to enjoy looking at them 😊
Bon Voyage Mini Suitcase pattern
12,00 €
Happy stitching !
One Response
Bev Molak
😍 LOVE IT!