Materials:
*20cm faux fur fabric
*15cm fusible interfacing (I did not use it)
*35cm of 24mm-wide ribbon (optional)
*2 eyes
*stuffing
*black embroidery floss
*decorations
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 90 minutes
Directions:
1) Cut out all your pieces. Keep in mind the direction of the fur! I like to trace all the pieces on the back of the fabric before cutting so I can double-check to make sure the fur is going the way I want. I suggest using a box-cutter or other type of small blade to cut the fur fabric from the BACK to avoid having bits of faux fur flying around as you would have if cutting with scissers. Cut through the woven back layer, leaving the fur as uncut as possible.
Note: keep your ears and arms separate! They look similar and it is easy to confuse them. (The rabbit ears and arms, not yours!)2) Stitch the head pieces together. Stitch the two halves of the face (front) down the center, and then the two halves of the back down the center. This will give you two circular pieces. Also stitch your arm and ear pieces together so you end up with two arms and two ears.
3) Pin the ears to the face (front) right-sides together with the ears pointing DOWN so the seam allowances line up with the face piece seam allowance like so:
This ensures that when you stitch and turn the head, the ears will stand UP.
4) Stitch the face and back of the head together, leaving the neck open for stuffing later. Turn the head right side out and it should look like this:
5) Stitch the body pieces together. It took a bit of careful eye-straining to figure out how the body was supposed to look based on the photo in the mook (white on white really doesn't show up well!) and messed up at first. The seam should be running down the center front and center back. It is clearer just to show the picture:
Then roll down the top and stitch it down so the top edge is finished.
6) Stuff the bunny head and embroider a face and eyes (or use buttons.) Stitch the neck closed.
7) Stitch the arms and head onto the front of the body by hand. I think the arms would look nicer if they were stuffed too, so you could try it! I found that the placement of the head should not be right at the top edge, but rather flat against the front in order to keep the bunny from having a strangely long neck:
In the profile picture you can see how the head is lower down on the front of the body.
Optional:
Decorate with ribbons, crystals, embroidery, etc. Add a ribbon handle to help keep the cell phone pouch closed, as the head weighs it down unevenly Add a button and elastic closure to keep it closed Make a little bunny tail to stitch onto the back Add wire armature inside the arms so you can pose them Use microfiber cloth to make a lining so your phone screen gets cleaned while it is in the bunny pouchAs always, thanks for following and be sure to leave any comments or questions below! Thank you!
