Happy Dance! - Happy Happy Bunny Day

 

Design: Happy Happy Bunny Day

Designer: The Trilogy

Threads: Various - DMC, GAST, House of Embroidery

Fabric: 14 count aida, tea dyed by me

It feels a bit of a con calling this a happy dance, as to be honest, it only needed the buttons sewing on - but hey, it was in my UFO pile, so I'm counting it!

I loved this design, but I made a few alterations to make it my own, including changing some of the coloured letters in the alphabet to highlight my initials. The buttons came from my stash and although they don't quite match the pink enough for my obsessive little self, they'll do!

Bunny Blanket Buddy 2 - Lion Brand

Design: Blanket Buddy (freebie available here)

Designer: Lion Brand

Yarn: Wendy Supreme Cotton 1904 Daisy

Needles: 4mm

I liked this so much I very quickly made a second one - always handy to have ready for a gift - I reckon most very small children would like one of these :o)

This yarn is very nice to work with, and the yardage seems pretty good.

Bubby Rabbit

Design: Bubby (bunny variant). Pattern available here.
Designer: Vanessa Carter for Knitty
Yarn: Sirdar/Hayfield Bonus 100% acrylic, double knitting
Needles: 2.5mm

I needed a handmade gift for my niece's birthday, and I needed it quick. I'd made her a stuffy bunny last year and foolishly thought a little knitted something would be quicker. To be fair, this was done in a day, but it was rather more fiddly than I really should have chosen!

I worked it on finer needles than called for, to ensure a nice firm fabric, and that didn't realy help with the 'fiddle factor' but it did mean the stuffing was more even and the finished product firmer.

The yarn is not something I would use for myself, but as it had my niece's two favourite colours in it, it was a hit with her - and she is critical in tha way only assertive three year olds can be!

Tall Trees - Brightneedle

Design: Tall Trees

Designer: Brightneedle
Threads: DMC and Olde Willow
Fabric: 28 count evenweave, cream

This is the co-ordinating pinkeep to Bunny Hop. I decided to make a neat bow to finish the top - not my usual style, but sometimes it's nice to try something a little different :o)

The Littles: Bunny - Bent Creek

Design: The Littles: Bunny
Designer: Bent Creek
Threads: DMC as charted
Fabric: 14 count damask aida, cream

This is another of my spring finishes that I'd forgotten to post about. I feel rather sorry for this little bunny, he looks a little forlorn. Do you think he will cheer up if I make him into a scissor fob?

Happy Bunny Bunny Day - The Trilogy

Design: Happy Bunny Bunny Day
Designer: The Trilogy
Threads: GAST and DMC (own choices)
Fabric: 14 count aida, tea dyed by me

Ooops, I've just noticed I've still not stitched on the pink buttons for 'flowers' ...

This happy little bunny had some modifications made in terms of colours, and I picked out my initials in pink to personalise it - I was pleased with how that looked and I'll probably do something similar with Trilogy/Heart in Hand/Bent Creek charts with alphabets in future :o) The fabric is a 'one off' too - some boring cream aida in my stash got the tea treatment. Unlike others, I don't bake mine in the oven, but I 'set' the colour with a hot iron, and hope that the piece doesn't need washing!

I still haven't decided how to finish this (which is probably part of why the buttons haven't been added!) but I'm leaning towards a pillow, it's a little large for a pin keep :o)

Bunny Hop - Brightneedle

Design: Bunny Hop Freebie
Designer: Brightneedle
Threads: DMC as charted
Fabric: 28 count evenweave, cream

I was going to make this into a scissor fob, but I decided to make it into a mini pinkeep, to co-ordinate with Tall Trees. The fabric you can see is the one I backed the pinkeep with.

Spring Needleroll - Heart In Hand

Design: Spring Needleroll (from the Spring Fobs leaflet)
Designer: Heart in Hand
Threads: DMC
Fabric: 32 count linen, cream

Another finish for the Monthly Finishing Challenge! I'm so competitive, one needleroll just won't do, I have to make up two! :o)

Again, this was hand sewn, with a hemstitch end, ribbon carriers and French seamed. This is not how the designer directed - apparently, you are just seam the roll, thread the ribbon and there you go - despite the cover model obviously being hemmed in some manner to get rid of excess fabric. Pretty poor instructions, if you ask me...

Tall Trees - Brightneedle

Design: Tall Trees
Designer: Brightneedle
Threads: DMC and Olde Willow Stitchery
Fabric: 28 count evenweave, cream

This design was so soothing to stitch - the colours blend together so well, and are such a nice palette, it was a real joy to keep watching it grow!

Bunny Hop is a companion piece to this chart, and I will display them both together. Tall Trees seems to be a perfect design for a pinkeep, and I already have the backing fabric in mind!

If you would like to enter the draw for this chart please comment below!

Bunny Hop Scissor Fob Freebie - Brightneedle

Design: Bunny Hop Scissor Fob freebie
Designer: Brightneedle
Threads: DMC
Fabric: 28 count evenweave, cream

I've stitched this before, for a gift, but this time, it's mine, all mine! :o) For something so small, the frog spent quite a lot of time visiting on the border, but some of that is my fault, for trying to stitch it without the chart on a moving bus ...

It's very sweet, and I will finish it as a scissor fob, although I'm wondering if I could make it into a teeny tiny pinkeep style fob ...

Funky Bunnies

The link for the pattern - came via a "heads up" from Emily at The Floss Box, and was a limited edition freebie. The good news is that the pattern is now on sale, over on Kristen Doran's blog. I had to figure things out without instructions, and I made a few alterations to the pattern, including giving them a felt "face". I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out.

The top two were the first I made, and I thought about giving them to The Tot (my niece) but I liked them too much to part with them - so I made her the gingham one below. I did have to steel myself to give it to her, but I guess I could always make another one ...

I thought one piece limbs with felt paws would be quicker and less fiddly, but there wasn't much in it...

The bunnies are entirely hand sewn, I don't use a sewing machine at all these days - the one I possess is an antique, and too heavy to manoeuvre and lift, and I don't have space to keep it set up permanently, so it's just in storage.