Here's a Free Crochet Chubby Bunny Pattern just in time for spring. Or any time you want to squeeze cute crochet Amigurumi bunny cheeks!
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The Bunny Lovey is a sweet little blanket doll. It would be a lovely gift for a newborn! And it is quick to make if you have a sewing machine and some basic sewing skills. The pattern is FREE... just sign up for our mailing list on the sidebar. After you confirm your subscription, you will be sent a "Welcome" email that has a link to the pattern. With the free pattern, you can make as many bunnies as you like to give as gifts or for charity. If you would like to make bunnies to sell, please purchase the paid version of the pattern from my Etsy Store... it is just $5, and includes the right to sell your handmade creations. UPDATE August 2016... the PAID version on Etsy now includes downloadable, illustrated instructions. But once again, you can totally make this for free by subscribing to the newsletter and using the instructions here on the website. If you sign up for the newsletter and you don't see the "Welcome" email, be sure to check your spam folder or the "Promotions" tab if you use Gmail. Materials: --1/4 yard or a fat quarter of your main fabric. I used an organic cotton fleece, but this could could be any fabric that is soft and snuggly. It would be lovely in a french terry or a velour! --A very small amount of contrast fabric. I used colorful quilting cottons. --The Bunny Lovey pattern. It is free-- just sign up for our newsletter on the sidebar. After you confirm your subscription to the email list, you will be sent another email with a link to the pattern. It is just two pages, and no taping necessary. --Embroidery floss for the eye. --Stuffing for the head and tail. I use wool batting or roving, but you could also use cotton batting or poly fill. Instructions: Sew all seams with a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Print out the PDF pattern on letter sized paper. Make sure the printer resize the page, I always set scaling to 100% on my printer. Cut out the paper pattern pieces,and lay them out on your fabric. Make sure the arrows on the pattern pieces align with the grain of your fabric. If you are using napped fabric like velour, the arrow should point in the direction that the fibers naturally lay down. Cut your pieces from your fabrics, as indicated by the directions on the pattern pieces. Transfer markings for the placement of the ears, eye, and tail. Sew together the two tail pieces, right sides together. Leave an opening at the base of the tail for turning and stuffing. Sew together the ears with each ear having one piece of main fabric and one piece of contrast fabric, right sides together. Clip the point of the ear straight across, close to but not touching the stitching. Turn the ears and the tail right sides out. If you have hemostats, use them to grab the tip from the inside and pull it through. Otherwise, use your fingers and a stick (like a chopstick). Press them flat. Put the head pieces right sides together. Sew around the head leaving the neck open. Clip the curves, being careful not to cut your stitching. Cut a slit in the head for the ears, where indicated by the pattern. Cut through both layers of the head. Fold the ears in half, with the contrast fabric on the inside. Stick the ears up through the neck into the head and through the holes you made. The fold should be to the back of the head. Arrange the head so that the seam allowance is in the center, and the ears sit flat. The folds of the ears should point towards each other. Sew across the top of the head from ear to ear, catching the raw edges of the slits you made. Pull the ears to turn the head right side out. Smooth the seams flat with your fingers. Stuff softly with wool (or your choice of stuffing). Sew the bunny nose and mouth. I used a double strand of white sewing thread to give just the shape of bunny cheeks and nose. You could also use pink embroidery thread to give a stronger impression of the face. Hide your knots inside the head. Decide where you want the eyes. Use the markings on the pattern as a guide, but make sure it looks right for your bunny, with the personality you want to give it. I use a pin with a colored head to make sure I like the placement. Sew the eyes with embroidery thread. I used blue on this bunny, but I also use brown or pink (albino bunny!). You could also just leave the eyes off to make a super minimal bunny. Hide the knots inside the head. Here I have knotted my strands, then threaded both ends through the needle and pulled them back through the head. I'll clip the strands close to the head and the ends will disappear into the stuffing. Attach the tail to the body. Cut a slit where indicated on the pattern, about two inches from the bottom of the bunny. Stuff the tail. Slip the tail through the slit, with the tail of the tail on the inside. Sew across the base of the tail from the inside, catching the raw edges of the slit. Taper to nothing on either side of the tail. Sew the body together. Leave about two inches open at the center of the neck for turning and inserting the head. Clip curves. Insert the head into the body. Push the stuffing up into the head so that the neck is as flat as possible. Make sure that the raw edges of the body pieces are turned to the inside. Starting about 1/2 inches before the opening in the neck, sew cross the base of the neck, catching the turned under edges of the body and the neck. Sew past the opening by 1/2 inch. I use a zipper foot on my machine to get as close to the head as possible. And you are done! You now have a beautiful toy that you can feel totally good about giving to some little person you love. Oh, and please send me pics if you make one, I would really enjoy seeing your creations! You can send me an image, or post on Instagram #bunnylovey
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Well Readers, I could have danced all Night... If you've been keeping up with the events here on "Mick's" You'll know that last Friday Night was our annual Spring Break Dance! If you will recall last years formal dance, we had quite a turn out and a fabulous time. This year's dance- not to be out done boasted a guest list of 51 people in attendance, with even more gowns and tux's! (Don't we all look great?!) (A "white sport coat" and my date Patricia) This year everyone dressed up in period 1950's formals the girls hunted for MONTHS to find the perfect dresses. Our "Prom Planning Committee" researched for hours trying to find perfect 1950's-esk decorations so our "Prom" would be authentic! ("If Dreams Came True"- our Prom song/Theme by Pat Boone) In no time at all the party was hopping! It took nearly 45 minuets to get everyone signed in at the Lake Diversion toll gate, but things were underway after a Blessing was given by Mr. Schaffer. It wasn't long before the records started spinning and "The Casablanca Class of 1958" was dancing up a storm! (Look at Friend Evelyn Go!) We Hokey Pokey'd and discovered that it really is what it's all about and then took the group photos- (The Ladies...) (The Gents...) The Records played on with the latest hits of the day and everyone was having a terrific time! (Friends- Chloe, Kelcie, Courtney, Felicity, and Joy!) (Savannah, Myself, Brianna, Emily & Chloe!) (Everyone chatting out on the terrace of the dance pavilion.) At long last a record finally made its way to the top of the pile we'd all been waiting for, it's the latest dance craze sensation! "The Bunny Hop!" Earlier this week on a blog called The Speedboys (blogging from Spain!) featured a whole post about the Bunny Hop and once I posted it on our Facebook event page we KNEW it would be a hit at the dance! (Friend Melissa, dressed as Marylin Monroe leads the Bunny Hop!) We Bunny Hopped, Limbo'd and Cha-Cha-Cha'ed the night away! Readers I was just tickled pink and turquoise at our turn out it was everything we'd been dreaming about for months and months! (Myself & Lisa head of Costuming at the Theatre) (Patricia and J.T.) (Amanda and Braxton are 'going steady') It was about this time in the evening we drug out the limbo stick (a Casablanca party tradition!) to see how low everyone could go! (Here I go!) (Miss Margaret!) (Make it Meg!) (Our Limbo Winners, Heather, Margaret & Meg!) With the Limbo title tucked away, and all the votes in Miss Casablanca (Kelcie- Master of Ceremonies) prepared to announce just WHO would be in 1958 Prom Queen! And our 1958 Prom King & Queen are... (Francis and Olivia!) Everyone clapped and cheered (We based the prom queen votes off of best girls costume, and the queen got to pick her king!) and then the King and Queen lead the Prom Court in a dance... "Queen of the Senior Prom - The Mills Brothers" (Aren't they sweet?) Next Dance up was "The Stroll" (Me and Patricia) (Francis, Caitlin & Kelcie) (James & Joy!) (Michael & Disa) (Patricia & Russ share a dance.) The dancing portion of our evening was finishing up in fine form, everyone picked their partners for the "school dance" "If Dreams Came True" and while dancing cheek to cheek I saw the Magic of Prom that so often one hears about. Ya know the kind you dream about only to discover its a stuffy evening in ill fitting formal wear. But this friends was the real deal, everyone looked so sharp in their suits and gowns- some sporting corsages others boutonnieres. All I can say for our 1958 dance is that dreams really did come true! * * * Immediately following the dance the guests headed up to the Casablanca for the first Drive-In picture show of the year. This years opening feature being a movie called "That's what I am."- As the credits flickered across the screen and our friends departed one by one a magnificent evening was drawing to a close. (Friends- Russ & Chloe) This picture reminds me of Norman Rockwell's "The Morning After, New Year's Eve at the Waldorf Astoria". The Spring Break Dance is always an indicator as to how the rest of the Casablanca's Social Season is going to go, and with any luck this year will be one for the record books! I'd like to give special thanks to our "Prom Committee" Patricia, Joe, Cheryl (who also costumed most of the guests), Melissa, Meg, and Terrace! As well as a special thanks to everyone who brought food for the party, (a very special thanks to Mr & Mrs Adams for making a pot roast, along with a ham and many other delights!) and last but not least a HUGE thank you to all of our friends for making the night a smashing success! Wish you were here! -Mick-
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