Fluffy-tailed Bunny Singlets (sew or no sew)

Wednesday, March 27, 2013


This year for the first time ever we are breaking with tradition (eeek) and are going away for Easter with a group of friends.  Traditionally, we spend the weekend with family and on Easter Sunday we all gather at either our house or my parents house and have an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids.  Although we won't be home, we will still most definitely be having an egg hunt on Easter Sunday and because there are four little girls going, I thought it might be nice to make them a little "Egg Hunting" singlet, similar to one I saw recently in an Etsy shop - and despite searching for it again so I could include the link here, I came up with absolutely nothing.  Sorry.

Now, if you cannot sew or do not have a machine, then this little fluffy bunny is just for you.  It can be a competely no-sew project if you want it to be and it's perfect for using up your scrap material, which is exactly what I did.

Here's the scoop ... 
  • Find a bunny template on Google (I am lucky enough to have a Silhouette Cameo machine so I chose a bunny template and cut it out on my machine - I know, cool huh?)
  • Trace the bunny onto your fabric.
  • Iron on some vliesofix (available from Spotlight) to the wrong side of your fabric.
  • Cut out your bunny.
  • Peel the vliesofix backing off your bunny.
  • Iron him/her onto your singlet using a hot iron.
  • Cut out a circle for his fluffy tail from fluffy fabric.  I actually don't know the name of the fabric I used.  You could also use a crocheted flower or a button etc for the tail. 
  • Use Fabric Craft glue to adhere the tail to your bunny.
  • If you're happy to sew, then a top stitch around the edge of the bunny finishes it off nicely.





And that's it.  Ta da!  Fluffy Bunny Singlet. C-U-T-E-N-E-S-S.  So cute in fact that when my son saw what I was sewing he requested one in "boy" colours, and because I'm all for equality I guess it's back to the sewing table!
Have a happy Easter everyone and enjoy time with your family ... and friends!

9 comments:

  1. Super Cute idea!! I found you over at monday Funday

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    1. Thanks Marni! I will check out your page after the Easter break. Happy Easter. :)

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  2. That is such a cute fluffy tailed bunny! I might be able to attempt that myself. Have a great Easter weekend!

    PS: I'm currently hosting a new Fitskin giveaway, open to Australian residents only and I hope you will enter! http://www.underlockandkeyblog.com/2013/03/fitskin-naturally-review-and-giveaway.htm

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    1. Thanks Trishie, and yes, you'll be whipping up your own sweet little things very soon, won't you?! Take care during this special time! x

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  4. I have a silhouette and have seen this bunny shape hopping around for the past 2 years but can't get anyone to tell me where to find it in the silhouette store, could you help?

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  5. Why was my comment removed? I just wanted to know how to find the shape in the silhouette store??

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    1. Hi there - sorry I am away camping at the moment so I will check when I get home. From memory, I may have used a Google image and then cut it out with my Silhouette - but I will double-check and get back to you soon.

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    2. Okay, I've found the bunny file. If you'd like to send me your email address I will send you the actual Silhouette file. You can either send your email address via my Contact Form (on this blog) or just reply here if you're happy to do that. Yay!! :)

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