A Basket of Bunnies

Literally.

A basket filled with the sweetest little stuffed bunnies.

Scrappy little friends, who are fun and easy to assemble.

 Roll Call......

Alright, alright. I may have gotten a little carried away.

But that little "Bunny Rainbow" sure does makes me smile!

A few days ago I made these classic linen bunnies as a gift for my Mother-in-law,

(she may have watched my very sick 8 month old for an entire week while I partied away at Disneyland)

She deserves a whole lot more than bunnies.....but they are a cute start.

I loved their vintage look, and actually have made 4 more just like them.

Seriously. When I say I have been stuffing bunnies all weekend, I am NOT lying. 

My kids saw the bunnies and wanted one of their very own to snuggle.

Do you want to make one too?

Good!

Here's the HOW TO!

You will need:

*1 Bunny Template HERE ( or just right click and save, and then print on your computer) 

This one makes the smaller bunnies.

*Scraps, or about 5" of fabric

*Pencil

*Stuffing

*Pinking Shears (optional)

* Ribbon and Pom Poms for accessories

 Okay, let's get started.

1. Turn your fabric right sides together, doubling it up, and lay your template on the wrong side of the fabric.

 2. Trace your cute little bunny friend.

 3. Grab your pinking shears, or regular scissors if you so choose, and cut that baby out.  Cut through both layers. You should now have two bunnies. (pinking shears will keep it from fraying a lot.  If you use regular scissors I would suggest finishing the edges with a serger or a zig zag stitch)

 4. Now lay your bunnies wrong sides together, right sides out.

 5. And you are going to stitch around the bunny just using a basic straight stitch.  Or you could get fancy with a decorative stitch....whatever floats your Easter boat, ladies.

 Be sure to leave a little opening at the bottom so you can stuff him up.

 6. And stuff him you will!  Those ears can be tricky, just hum a little bunny tune, I'm sure that will get you through it.

 7. Once he is plumped up to your liking, sew up his bum.

Add whatever accessories you wish, and before you know it they will start multiplying like, well, BUNNIES!

Admit it, this was easy.  And since they are just so darn cute, make a bunch more!

 And then take them outside and parade them around.

No? Just me.  

That's alright.  My kids have already loved them to pieces.

Literally.

Next bunch might need to be reinforced!

So "hop" on over to your sewing machine and whip up a few long-eared friends.

I bet you can't make just one ;)