I have a fast little project for the one year old in your life. I made this for my friend's daughter's first birthday. She seemed more interested in the tissue paper from whence it came but, oh well. Those one year olds are tough customers.
I got the idea and pattern from the Chubby Hobby blog. It's called the "Ballet Bunny Plush" which is why I clicked on it of course. I don't really see why it's a ballet bunny but it's still pretty darn cute. I made a few little tweaks to the design because I didn't have the same fabric on hand.
I decided to use fleece instead of the muslin-type fabric she used. So I printed out the template and cut out my pieces like so.
In the tutorial, she embroiders the face, arms and tail onto the bunny. I did the face but then thought it might be nice to applique the arms and tails on. Since I was using fleece I didn't have to worry about fraying edges either which is a plus. So using the blanket stitch on my sewing machine I sewed those suckers on.
Can you see the blanket stitch?
I can't see it either, but you'll just have to trust me. I'm sure you could use a tiny zigzag stitch instead.
The tail.
So I had all my pieces parts done and the legs stuffed.
I sewed it all together then stuffed the body and head. One important note is that I made this bunny about 3/4 inch bigger all around than the what the pattern said. When I printed it out it seemed pretty small even before sewing with seam allowances. I'm really glad I did because stuffing the legs and ears would have been nearly impossible and I have teeny tiny fingers. So here she is!
Here she is sitting atop my ironing board.
This project was fast and simple--something I'd definitely do again.
Byeeee!
