Saturday 9 February 2013

Super bunny!

For Christmas I decided to make a lot of the presents, and most turned out really well. The one I was most pleased with was the bunny I made for my bunny loving pal, Helen. The pattern was in a book called Palm Sized Softies that hubby bought me for my birthday (I may have hinted long and loud about it). It's a really good book, with all sorts of ideas on tiny toys to make. I saw the bunny in there and thought, Helen must have one of those! In the book he's got blue fur, but mine had to be pink, and blue spotty fabric seemed to match in perfectly! The book suggested that you should machine stitch the pieces together, but they were so tiny that I hand stitched them. Inside the ears there is a loop of wire to make them stand up properly, but it also makes them possible to pose! Good fun, but not child friendly. I think pipe cleaners would work just as well, so would use them in any future attempts. The eyes are felt which was glued on, and Pom poms make the face and tail.

Hopefully more tiny animals soon,

All the best,

Hailwood Handmades x