I bought this book as a gift for my lovely sister, Sandi then another one slipped into my shopping basket. I thought we could make little Rabbity Hares together.
I have never made a "soft toy" before so this is a whole new world for me. She is made out of felt and the rabbit body and head are sewn by hand except the ears, they are done on the machine. Unusually, all the seams are over cast on the outside. I struggled with this at first, seams should be hidden? But it works beautifully.
Here she is just her arms to attach with lovely vintage shell buttons. She also has button eyes.
When I brought her home from my sewing group, Burt my collie thought she was a new dog toy and nearly ate her. This frightened the Rabbity Hare and she went into hiding for a few days! Naughty Burt.
She has a lovely wardrobe of clothes to make, I haven't done dressmaking for 30+ years, wonder if I remember how to do it.
Patterns and fabric all ready for action. I have been saving the lovely ditsy buttons, they are perfect for little garments.
Watch this space.
If you fancy making your own Rabbity Hare all the details are here https://www.coolcrafting.co.uk/
Oh what a lovely rabbit! I haven't heard of this book before. I'd love to make some for my granddaughters.
ReplyDeleteShe is rather sweet, not really a toy for young children cos of the button eyes and buttons to fasten her arms on but you could use safety eyes and just sew the arms on.
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