Springtime tutorials...

I have family visiting this week and my sewing machine is in the shop getting a much-needed tune-up, so I thought I'd post some former projects and tutorials with a Springtime theme. Enjoy!

 

 {Potted Birds Nests}

{Journal Cover}

{Bunting Kindle Case}

{Pocket Bib Pattern}

 {The Chick-sicle}

{Lil' Girl Springtime Tote}

 {Little Bunny Boo Boo}

Little Bunny Boo Boo

When I was a little girl -- back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and the term "politically incorrect" hadn't been invented -- we used to sing a song in elementary school. It started like this...

Little Bunny Foo Foo went hoping through the forest, 

Picking up the field mice and bopping them on the head...

I'm fairly certain that song isn't sung in grade schools anymore. There's probably a "Preservation of Rodents Society" that would be all over them if they did. Anyway, as I was making the little Easter Bunnies for my grandbabies, that song kept running through my mind. As a result I'm calling this bunny pattern "Little Bunny Boo Boo."  It's a play on words. The "Boo Boo" refers to the fact that this pattern can be made into a rice-filled cooling or heating pad to soothe a child's skinned knee or tummy ache -- just like my Chick-sicles and Love Birds.

I mentioned yesterday that there are multiple purposes for this bunny. Another application is it could be used as a "tooth pillow."  Before the child goes to bed her "lost" tooth is placed in the front pocket of the bunny for safe keeping. During the night the tooth fairy pays a visit and exchanges the tooth for some cold hard cash. I think the rather significant looking choppers on this bunny lends itself to being a used in that way too.

The last purpose is to use the pattern as an Easter gift. Later it could be used for one of the other purposes, but for Easter you could hide treasures in the little pocket,  like jelly beans or {hmmm, let's say} a vegetable...

The pattern and instruction for "Little Bunny Boo Boo" can now be found in my Etsy shop and can be purchased for the reasonable price of $7.

Bunnies...

I'm told bunnies reproduce rapidly, which is what happened at our house in the last 24 hours. In a post I published yesterday I mentioned that I'd designed a Bunny Pattern, but it needed to be tweaked. Tweaked it was and what followed could only be described as an explosion of bunnies! Four to be exact...

These little bunnies will find homes with our four little grandbabies for Easter. 

The bunnies are made from flannel fabric, so they will be comfortable against their baby soft skin...

There are three purposes for these bunnies. 

I'll explain the various uses tomorrow when I post the pattern...

Till then, have a nice day!

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Little Bunny...

On Friday I tried my hand at making a bunny that I want to make for our quadruplet grandbabies for Easter. We don't have quadruplet grandbabies in the real sense -- each one has a different set of parents -- but they were born within months of each other last year, so they are very close in age. Anywho, they aren't old enough to appreciate a Snap Trap (what I've made for the other grandchildren for Easter), so I had to come up with something different for them.

I started with a sketch and went from there. Generally when I create a pattern it needs to be tweaked at least once before I get it right. This was no exception. It needs to be enlarged in areas, so I'm back to my sewing machine this morning to try my hand at it a second time. If I get it right I'll be ready to share the pattern and tutorial. This little bunny has a dual purpose that I'll tell you about later. For now here's a little sneak peek at my first attempt...

Have a beautiful Spring day!