Fabric Project - Currant Bun

Fabric Project - Currant Bun
This delightful rabbit in her pretty pinny is showing how much she
loves you! She has long bendy ears and her arms and legs are jointed
with buttons. She stands 28” tall. Use a ¼” seam allowance.
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50cm x 114cm plain fabric
50cm x 114cm patterned fabric
2m of ½” wide ribbon
Black embroidery thread
2 small black buttons for eyes
4 x 2cm buttons for the joints
2 buttons to decorate the heart
A long needle and strong thread
20cm of 0.5cm wide elastic
250g of toy filler
2 chenille sticks
Erasable ink pen
Blusher
Cut out the ear pieces and place the chenille
sticks to the centre of the wrong side of the
patterned fabric. Zig zag stitch in place.
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Sew the plain ear fabric to the patterned, right sides
together, leaving the bottom open. Turn the right
way out and press, then edge stitch around the ear.
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Sew four pieces of 15cm x 12cm of patterned
fabric to four pieces of 15cm x 23cm
of plain fabric.
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Piece the fabrics right sides together with the seams
matching. Place the leg pattern piece over the top
and cut out the shapes. Sew together, leaving a gap
in the back seam for turning. Snip the curves. Turn the
right side out and stuff with toy filler, then hand-sew
the opening closed.
Cut out the plain arm pieces and sew together,
leaving a gap in the straight side. Snip the curves.
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Turn the right side out and stuff with toy
filler. Hand-sew the opening closed.
To make the fingers, carefully sew two 2cm lines
from the end of each hand on your machine.
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Take the body fabric pieces. Fold the straight ends of
the ears in half, with the patterned fabric on the inside.
Tack together, facing inwards to the top of the head.
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Place the second body fabric over the top,
and sew all the way round leaving a gap in
the back of about 8cm for turning. Turn the
right side out and stuff tightly with toy filler.
Hand sew the opening closed.
With your long needle and strong thread, hold the
arms either side of the body and take the needle
straight through all three pieces, as you come back
through, sew through a button on each shoulder. Knot
the thread securely and repeat with the legs. Use
25cm of your ribbon to make a bow around the ears.
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Using your erasable ink pen, draw two dots for
eyes, a triangular nose and a smiling mouth.
Sew the small buttons over the eye marks, and
embroider the nose and mouth.
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Add a touch of blusher to her cheeks to bring
her to life!
To make the dress, cut a strip of patterned fabric
measuring 114cm x 20cm. Sew the short ends
right sides together to make a tube, then double
hem each long side by 1cm.
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Unpick the top of the side seam, inside the hem,
and thread the elastic through the channel using
either a bodkin or a safety pin. Pull tight and knot.
This fits just under Currant’s arms.
Take a 95cm length of ribbon and gather
with a running stitch close to one edge.
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Sew, facing inwards, around the curved edge
of the pinny.
Place the second side of the pinny over the top
and sew around the curved edge. Turn the right
side out and press. Cut a 56cm length of ribbon
and sew to the top of the pinny to make a tie,
folding the top edge of the pinny over to make it
neat behind the ribbon.
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Tie around the top of the skirt, put a few hand
stitches around the ribbon to hold in place if you
wish. To make the heart, firstly sew together two
7cm x 12cm pieces of patterned fabric and press
the seam open.
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Place together with another piece of patterned
fabric measuring 12cm square. Pop the heart
pattern over the seam and cut around the
shape. Sew the two pieces right sides together,
unpick a few stitches from the centre seam, clip
the curves and turn the right side out. Stuff with
toy filler and hand sew the opening closed.
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Add a couple of buttons to decorate the heart,
then hand sew to Currant’s hands.
Add a couple of bows to her shoes and
she’s ready for a bunny hug!
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