Bring a little jungle joy to your needlework with Aunt Martha’s® #3797 Funny Elephants Iron-on Embroidery Transfer Pattern. This classic vintage design features seven humorous elephant scenes, each ready to be transferred and stitched onto tea towels, kitchen linens, aprons, pillowcases, tote bags, and more.
These well-dressed pachyderms prove that elephants never forget—and apparently, they never forget their embroidery projects either! From market-day errands to musical performances, every design adds a charming dose of old-fashioned personality to your home décor.
Going to Market
Exercising
Playing Tennis
Writing
Reading
Playing Music
Retiring to Sleep
With easy-to-use iron-on transfers, these vintage embroidery designs make it simple to create nostalgic hand-stitched projects with a wink of humor. Just transfer the design to your chosen fabric, then stitch it using your favorite embroidery floss and techniques.
Days-of-the-Week embroidery patterns, often called DOW designs, were especially popular for decorating household linens during the early and mid-20th century. Tea towels and kitchen towels commonly featured a different design for each day, showing domestic activities such as baking, cleaning, ironing, shopping, or laundry.
These cheerful embroidered towels were both decorative and practical. They helped organize household routines while gently reminding everyone which chore was on the schedule—because even Tuesday needed a little supervision. A set of embroidered DOW towels could turn everyday domestic duties into a colorful display of needlework and homemaking tradition.
Embroidered tea towels for a vintage kitchen
Days-of-the-Week towel sets
Kitchen towels, dish towels, and hand towels
Aprons, pot holders, and fabric napkins
Laundry-room or pantry décor
Pillowcases and decorative pillows
Giftable handmade linens for elephant lovers
Nostalgic embroidery projects for craft fairs or home décor collections
Whether you stitch one design or complete the whole herd, Funny Elephants is sure to make your needlework stand out. These elephants may be large, but the designs are anything but a big undertaking—so get ready to put your best foot forward and have a trunk-load of stitching fun!
Pictured samples were made using the DMC® Essential Colors floss pack and Aunt Martha's® Retro Bold Twill Striped Towels variety pack.
