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Mira from Sewing The Littleheart Collection made this bunny security blanket as a special gift for a brand new baby. Isn’t the cutest? She shares a tutorial showing how she did it. Go to her blog for the tutorial.
[photo from Sewing The Littleheart Collection]
Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns for kids’ toys on Etsy and these Softie Sewing books
I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store. So much texture! And the way the fibers catch the light! But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think. That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl. That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared. And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet.
Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects. Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter. Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long.
Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success. There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid. She describes the different types of velvet available. And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric. Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric. There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.
Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric.
And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.
[photo credit: Melly Sews]
I bought an original Fisher-Price bunny in 1982 for my son. Made my own for both daughters in 1985 and 1994 respectively. They look much like your original – loved to death. I am now making ones for my grandbabies. I have learnt that making three allows for washing without the hysterics.
Thank you for posting the pattern. I have misplaced the originals and was desperate!
My husband was the stay at home “homemaker” in Hibbing MN in 1990. Our first daughter got one of these and her first word was Bobby. The dental discussion told us to go with the thumb because it’s always there. We got a “spare Bobby”, then another and after daughter number two there were 5 Bobbies. Every Bobby was equal, went everywhere and got washed thousands of times. When our daughters were in college they asked to get Bobby in the mail.