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Let’s Sew… a RevoluzZzionary Easter Bunny
Last year I uploaded that pattern to create a simple Easter Bunny – and many of you made so wonderful and amazing Easter Bunnies! Some made them out of paper, many sewed really cute bunnies. And so I decided to take the bunny from last year (only made a few modifications) and sew two different versions by using the same pattern: a very simple version and another one with arms and legs and a more detailed face. The simple version is really very easy – absolutely perfect for beginners. And the other version is only a tiny little bit more fiddly – but not really difficult.
And hey, next weekend its already Easter – so hurry up 
First download the >>> RevoluzZzionary Easter Bunny pattern and print it – cut it out, chose your fabric, pin the pattern on the fabric and cut out:
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Simple Easter Bunny:
When you want to stitch the face of your bunny on a fabric it’s good to iron some interfacing on the inner side of the fabric:
Now make your little bunny a unique face – maybe some cute cheeks, maybe Miffy-like pout. Whatever your like. And you could give your bunny a heart now
Before you sew the front and back of your bunny together, you serge the bottom of the bunny – where you will close it later with a blind stitch. And then: pin the front and the back together – of course the outside in. Sew the parts together and cut the parts between the ears and on the neck. Then serge everything:
And now the most exciting part comes: Turn your bunny inside out!
That’s it! Now you fill your bunny with doll wadding, use a shop stick for the ears and close your new friend with a blind stitch.
This cute bunny is perfect for Easter decoration – but it’s also perfect as a toy for babies. It’s perfect for little hands to grab it. And it gets even more exciting for babies when you put a rattle in the bunny tummy.
When I started sewing for kids about 3 years ago – my first best sellers were pretty simple bunnies (I called them Ladus) which were resembling this simple bunny. And I sewed to ribbons between the ears to tie them to a baby bed. And I filled the bunny tummy with lavender which has a very positive impact on babies. And you can even put a musical box inside this bunny and make it a wunderful and unique musical cuddly toy.
OK, that was really easy. Now try the other version.
Easter Bunny Toy:
Use the same pattern as before for the body and cut the arm and legs pattern as well. If you want a felt face – cut that one too.
Sew the felt face on the bunny – of your machine doesn’t have that special quilt stitch you can as well use a zic zac stitch or whatever you like. Then stitch the cute face just the way you like it. If you don’t want a smiling mouth – the Miffy-like mouth looks also super cute on a felt face.
Now pin the the arms and legs outside in, sew them together, serge the edges, turn them inside out and will them with doll wadding. Use a shop stick to reach all parts of the arms and legs.
OK, now it’s getting serious
Some handcrafters pin now already everything together: the front and back of the body together with the arms and the legs. That’s fine but I don’t do it that way.
First I serge the edges where I will close the body later with a blind stitch. Then I mark with a vanishing pen the points where I want my arms and legs.
I pin front and back of the body together, insert the first arm and – start sewing. I insert the other arm short before I come to the point which I marked.
The same with the legs. Then I cut the parts between the ears and on the neck and serge the edges of the bunnie’s body with a zic zac stitch. This fixes the armes and legs additional – so brutal little kids won’t be able to amputate arms or legs from the cute bunny (well, as long as they are not TOO brutal ).
Now again the exciting moment: Turning your new friend inside out.
Now you are almost finished. You only have to fill your bunny with wadding, close it with a blind stitch – and that’s it!
And when you really love your bunny – you make it some cute accessories – maybe a scarf? Or a felt collar like I did. If it’s a bunny boy, I’m sure he would like to have some nice pants. Or if it’s a bunny girl – what about a cute skirt? Or an apron? I’m sure there are many things that come to your mind
And of course I would LOVE to see your RevoluzZzionary bunnies in the RevoluzZza flickr group – where I found just now the first little easter bunny (from my last year’s pattern). Super cute!
Themes: Stuffed animals / Stofftiere, Tutorials & Patterns | 33 Comments »
April 7, 2009 at 00:06
These are so sweet! Thanks for the inspiration!
Kim
April 7, 2009 at 00:45
schöne anleitung
klasse häschen
April 7, 2009 at 07:17
Eine schöne Anleitung! Das müsste man doch eigentlich noch schnell schaffen bis Ostern, ein, zwei oder sogar drei Bunnies.
Liebe Grüße und vielen Dank!
Schildi
April 7, 2009 at 08:10
ich muss doch noch nähen lernen
!
April 7, 2009 at 08:15
Thank you, Kimberly! Danke Andi und Schildi: Na klar, Häschen vermehren sich doch sowieso immer wie verrückt
Fee: Und das geht janz einfach, wie Du siehst
April 7, 2009 at 08:43
oh suse,schön das dir unser hase gefällt und das du ihn verlinkt hast.ich bin total im nähvieber..gestern habe ich den zweiten genäht und bis zu ostern werden es wohl noch drei weitere
vielen dank für deine super anleitungen!!
liebe grüße,
jessica
April 7, 2009 at 09:00
Thank you for sharing with us. Happy Easter.
April 7, 2009 at 11:15
oberZUCKERsüß mal wieder
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liebsten DANK für das tutorial!
vorösterliche hasengrüße
ulli
April 7, 2009 at 11:22
ach suse, wat biste doch für’n schatz!
April 7, 2009 at 11:25
Ach Steffi – na, das höre ich gerne
April 7, 2009 at 14:10
Thank you for being so kind to share!Happy Easter
April 7, 2009 at 19:35
Super, vielen Dank! So einer wird vor Oster noch schnell genäht!
Gruß von
Mara Zeitspieler
April 7, 2009 at 21:06
Cool tutorial. Really cute bunnies. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share it with the internet crowd.
April 8, 2009 at 10:56
Thanks .. I cant wait to try this out!! You ROCK!!
April 8, 2009 at 21:00
OH MY WORD! Adorable! I will definitely be making these for my girls!
April 9, 2009 at 08:24
Supercoole Idee!! Danke für die Anleitung!!
LG,
Babs
April 9, 2009 at 16:51
Thank you for this! It’s really sweet. I will add it to my list of someday projects…
(and I think the word you were searching for is interfacing)
~Jenny~
April 9, 2009 at 18:18
I love them both. The polka-dotted cheeks on the green one are particularly cute! Thanks for sharing!
April 10, 2009 at 12:59
Vielen Dank für die tolle Anleitung!
Musste natürlich auch sofort ein Häschchen nähen! Es wird am Sonntag im Osternest sitzen
Fotos in meinem Blog!
Liebe Grüße und sonnige Ostern,
Sarah
April 10, 2009 at 19:06
Suse, ich danke Dir!
)
Zwei werden verschenkt, zwei haben die Kinder (fast) selbstgenäht und einer gehört nun dem Mann im Hause
Einen lieben Gruß und die besten Hasenwünsche von
myriam.
April 13, 2009 at 06:54
liebste suse,
vielen dank für deine anleitung, hier wurden auch einige verschenkt…
soooo schön!
danke, danke, danke & schöne ostergrüße!
April 16, 2009 at 10:53
Beautiful! The English word for vlieseline is interfacing. Hope that helps when you do some more tutorials.
August 2, 2009 at 21:28
Lovely idea!! Thanks for sharing!!
November 5, 2009 at 22:29
Hello from Russia!
My English is very bad, sorry!
Your ideas are amazing!
Thank you for your gold hands!
I will necessarily try to repeat this.
January 24, 2010 at 22:03
[...] Now, I wanted the baby boy to have some toys for comfort and play to come. First I made the Scotty dog from a mix pack of Anna Maria Horner scraps in home dec weight. While it looked delightful it seemed a bit large for a newborn’s cot. So I made its companion bunny. [...]
March 20, 2010 at 00:05
thank you so much for publishing this tutorial! I love it!
April 3, 2010 at 16:56
[...] made this Easter bunny last year, with the help of the pattern by [...]
April 11, 2010 at 05:34
[...] buttons, while Mummy sewed (and Gran helped sew on buttons too). These bunnies were inspired by http://www.revoluzzza.com/?p=508 though I made the bottoms square to sit [...]
May 26, 2010 at 14:13
Hi, Thanks for the recipe/the pattern of rabbit.
September 18, 2010 at 22:14
Thank you so much for sharing this great tutorial.
))
I’ve tried to sew a bunny some days ago, a friend of mine saw it and asked me if she could keep it. Now everyone wants one of these bunnies
March 20, 2011 at 00:38
Thank you for sharing, lovely idea!
March 31, 2011 at 03:30
These bunnies are delightful. I can’t wait to make them for my grandchildren. Thank you so much for sharing the pattern and the tutorial!
April 3, 2011 at 16:11
This little bunny is so cute, makes you smile. Thank you for sharing