It was only after I made them and sized them all up etc and went to take a photo of the twoย finishedย bunnies, that I realised I used a “small egg” in order to do my measurements. Doh! The good thing about felt though, is that it does stretch and reshape if you pull it a little. So that is fine. I have adjusted the “pattern” to fit medium eggs… but I do suggest you make one – “test” it on one of YOUR eggs before you make more.. you never know!
Per Bunny: 1/2 of a “standard square” of felt, contrasting felt for ears, embroidery thread for stitching and additional thread for eyes and nose
I used brown & light pink, with blue eyes and grey, with a rose coloured thread and blue eyes. Am thinking of making a black bunny too.
Here is the “pattern” – I am not sure how it prints out (sorry) – so check the dimension are right, I had a techie fail moment this week ๐
1) Cut out all your parts – two for front and back, 4 parts for the main but of the ear and 2 parts for the inside of the ear
Blanket Stitch
2) Sew the ears first: I stitched on the contrasting inner ear with three small stitches. Then worked the blanket stitch all around. Once I had finished the ear, I “pinched it” and sewed in a fold.
3) Take the front and back and start stitching. When you get to what “roughly looks the top, add in the ear. I sewed it in quite tightly and it isn’t quite as neat as I hope, but I think it is fine… add 2-4 more blanket stitches and then add the 2nd ear! Finish rest of bunny.
4) Using your egg to double check – mark out a spot for nose and eyes and add a few stitches for these. I did light pink for the nose and a cross stitch in blue for each eye. I also did a cross stitch in the back as a tail. I think it may be easier to add these stitches first, but I wanted to get the positioning right. So it is your call!
Finished!
Sharon cheekymonkeyschildminding says
This is brilliant and just the sewing project for my bored 10 yr old today xx
Red Ted Art says
Ooooh these are perfect projects for a 10yrs old ๐ maybe make the dimensions a TINY bit larger, which means they do larger stitches if necessary!
cathy@nurturestore says
Super cute!
Red Ted Art says
Thank you Cathy ๐
maryanne says
These are darling!
Chris at Thinly Spread says
How cute, I may get DD onto this project!
Crystal Jigsaw says
They’re really pretty. Kids will love them. You could make a fortune, especially at time of year!
CJ xx
Red Ted Art says
Aaaah you are too kind!! Imagine selling them!!! ๐
Domestic goddesque says
These are so cute. I will dig out my felt next Easter!
Lindsay @ BytesOfMemory says
Wow these are super adorable!!
Jaclyn says
Very cute! What a great easter idea! I would be perfect for the kids table! Thanks for the inspiration! I would love if you linked up to my Make it for less Mondays!
http://www.Simplycadence.blogspot.com
Hope to see you there!
Jaclyn
Julia Skinner says
These would be great to do with older children as well! Many thanks Maggy for linking to the RC!
Rachel says
These are just darling!!!!!! I love them!
Lolly Jane says
Super cute! Thanks for the awesome tutorial! We would ? for you to link this up ๐
:)Lolly Jane
lollyjaneboutique.blogspot.com
Amanda says
How cute are those?!?!
Andrea says
Cute! I might adapt this to a finger puppet. ๐
PartyMom says
These are so adorable! I love how you can hand-sew them…because Iโm one of many without a sewing machine! Thanks for sharing!
Stephanie Lynn says
Maggy simply adorable!! I have featured these today. Thanks so much for stopping by and linking up to the Sunday Showcase – I greatly appreciate it. Hope you have a wonderful holiday! ~ Stephanie Lynn
Red Ted Art says
Oh thank you!! Will come and grab a button!
Maggy
Vernice Duford says
Really cute. The kids will love them
Rachel says
I just love these!!! So adorable!!
Thanks so much for sharing this at For the Kids Friday! I’ll be posting the next party tomorrow night. I’d love to have you back for another week of fun!
:)rachel at http://SunScholars.blogspot.com
Amanda says
These wouls make a lovely pressie as well as a craft project for children….lovely
mummiafelice says
wow amazing are these!? Thanks for linking up ๐
creativejewishmom/sara says
adorable! thanks for sharing this and the cute crown project on Craft schooling Sunday!