![A'Tuin says hi but were are my elephants?](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2015-09-10%20A_Tuin_says_hi_but_were_are_my_elephants%3F-medium.jpeg)
We are all huge Terry Pratchett fans and I decided I was going to make some disc world toys for the kids – this is the Great Star Turtle A’Tuin who carries the Discworld on it’s back. The elephants and disc are still being made 🙂
![A'tuin awaiting being turned inside out](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2015-09-10%20A_tuin_awaiting_being_turned_inside_out-medium.jpeg)
I cut out the shapes – this was all free form with the top of the shell being bigger than the tummy shell so that it could be pleated and stand up in a three dimensional shape – I will try and make an actual template to share at some point 🙂
![sky turtle cut out and ready to sew](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2015-09-10%20sky_turtle_cut_out_and_ready_to_sew-medium.jpeg)
I laid them all out to check it was going to work and then began to sew – I used embroidery silks and the felt for the upper shell has sparkly silver bits in it to represent the stars reflected on the interstellar ice on the star turtles back.
![The Great A'Tuin awaiting shell attachment](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2015-09-10%20The_Great_A_Tuin_awaiting_shell_attachment-medium.jpeg)
I sewed the fins, head and tail together first, making sure I left the parts that would attack to the body open so that stuffing could be added. I then turned them inside out so that the stitching was hidden, stuffed them and sewed them onto the lower part of the body/shell.
![Star Turtle has some work to go yet](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2015-09-10%20Star_Turtle_has_some_work_to_go_yet-medium.jpeg)
pinched the fabric in on the larger top bit of shell/body so that I could sew a pleat and give it it’s 3D shape, I then stitched it to the main body leaving a small whole for stuffing. Once it was secure I stuffed and and sewed up the remain whole.
![Sky turtle with eyes](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2015-09-10%20Sky_turtle_with_eyes-medium.jpeg)
I sewed two black-brown buttons on for the eyes 🙂
![Low light star turtle so you can see the sparkles on the shell](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2015-09-10%20Low_light_star_turtle_so_you_can_see_the_sparkles_on_the_shell-medium.jpeg)
These photos are of the finished turtle with and without the flash on the camera.
![Swimming through the cosmos the Great A'Tuin](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2015-09-10%20Swimming_through_the_cosmos_the_Great_A_Tuin_-medium.jpeg)