tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47116239517355712342024-02-19T16:05:19.456-08:00thehumbleartsgroup-bunnybowlfillerThe Humble Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04117259875990172796noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4711623951735571234.post-86346016528975957032010-03-22T07:22:00.001-07:002010-03-22T07:30:53.600-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39i4RJrICi_uHhTJuEdkw-hNNMGnwBeAUuaCLVBVaFgi4pueZeDpnT8w7mlV0C79vHdpoLwgP8OdPLtBABmnZ-DoDoYJV2WgR2PKQ0jMPgR274I1qgJvtT_s0uC3uyjM5ZHLcLNVjDNGg/s1600-h/Bunny_Bowl_Filler_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39i4RJrICi_uHhTJuEdkw-hNNMGnwBeAUuaCLVBVaFgi4pueZeDpnT8w7mlV0C79vHdpoLwgP8OdPLtBABmnZ-DoDoYJV2WgR2PKQ0jMPgR274I1qgJvtT_s0uC3uyjM5ZHLcLNVjDNGg/s320/Bunny_Bowl_Filler_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451465601687373618" /></a><br />Bunny Bowl Filler<br />Approx. 4” Tall x 6” Wide<br />Supplies:<br />½ Yard Osnaburg Fabric<br />Instant Coffee<br />Vanilla<br />Cinnamon<br />Black Linen Thread<br />Rusty Bell<br />White Wool<br />Felting Needle<br />Stuffing<br />Blush<br />White Fabric Marking Pen<br />Paint Brush-flat for Dying Bunnies<br />Scissors<br />Chop Stick-stuffing<br />10” Hemostat<br />Stuffing Tool<br />Doll Needle<br />Ecru Button Thread<br />Craft Glue<br />Brown Felt (optional)<br />Note: Many of the supplies needed for this and my other patterns will<br />soon be offered on my site. Hopefully, in January. So you won’t have<br />to wonder around the web to find items listed on my supply list. Please<br />check back for these items and patterns soon. Thank you for your<br />business.<br />Bunny Bowl Filler<br />Approx. 4” Tall x 6” Wide<br />Instructions:<br />. Please read all instructions before beginning<br />this project. It will help you understand how to create them better.<br />Also, if you can, get a 10" Hemostat. This is a great tool to help you<br />stuff. It can cut your stuffing time in half. You can copy this pattern<br />onto card stock and cut out it to make a harder template. No other<br />copying allowed please. Let's begin!<br />Note: Please remember to wash all fabrics you intend<br />to coffee dye first. This will take out the sizing and<br />film that is on the fabric and will help fabric to<br />absorb coffee dying better. It also gives fabric a bit<br />more worn look for the primitive touch.<br />(Do not use liquid fabric softener in wash, fabric will<br />not take coffee dye process well)<br />RSO=right side out!<br />Cof fee Dying & Baking<br />To coffee dye, simply use 1 cup of very hot water, not boiling (may<br />shrink fabrics). Then add 3 or so heaping tablespoons of instant<br />coffee. Stir. Add a tablespoon of vanilla and cinnamon to your coffee<br />for some nice smells. (you can save this mixture, place in fridge for all<br />your other projects) Paint coffee mixture onto the stuffed bunny.<br />Place bunny on lined baking sheet (use manila folder or card stock<br />paper). Bake in oven at 200 degrees turning over every 10-15<br />minutes till dry. You can also let them air dry in the sun.<br />Bunny Body<br />Trace bunny pattern onto double layer of Osnaburg fabric.<br />Sew on traced lines. Clip edges before turning. Cut a 1-1 .”<br />slit horizontally on single layer of fabric to turn bunny RSO.<br />Stuff ears lightly, stuff the rest of the bunny firmly. Sew slit<br />shut. Coffee dye-see instructions above.<br />Bunny Face<br />Draw a line for the whites of the eye horizontally. Let dry. I<br />only put eyes on one side of the face, but you can place both<br />eyes on the bunny. With black linen thread, stitch 2 lines<br />vertically for pupil. Stitch a line up the middle of ears to<br />separate them. Sew the nose on with doubled pink<br />embroidery thread. Make a vertical line down below the<br />nose. Take a double strand of ecru button thread and sew on<br />whiskers. Clip and glue where needed.<br />Tail and Cheeks<br />Grab a tiny bit of wool and ball it up the best you can. Hold<br />down on face then carefully push your felting needle in and<br />out to secure cheek. Push wool towards the center with<br />needle then push down. Try to roll wool towards the center<br />of the cheek while pushing wool in. Repeat the process for<br />the tail except make the ball larger. Cut excess wool where<br />needed. Rub a little blush for cheeks. Tie a bell on with<br />black linen thread. Cover back of bunny with brown felt if<br />you like to cover up the unsightly slit and knots.<br />All done. I hope you enjoyed making the “Bunny Bowl<br />Filler”. This is a quick and easy project, so you can make lots<br />and lots of them. String the back of the bunny to hang on<br />your Easter tree if you have one. Happy Easter!The Humble Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04117259875990172796noreply@blogger.com