felt rabbit Archives ~ Happy Whimsical Hearts https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/tag/felt-rabbit/ a Waldorf inspired blog Mon, 28 Mar 2016 17:42:31 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.10 A felt rabbit and toadstool https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/2015/03/autumn-handwork/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autumn-handwork https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/2015/03/autumn-handwork/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:00:13 +0000 https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/?p=7857 Easter in the Southern Hemisphere is an interesting conundrum in some ways. Celebrating a festival more suited to the awakening Earth in Spring while slowly moving towards a time of introspection and slumber. And yet, even in the season where the leaves fall and the Earth quietens, new life and renewal occurs. I have been watching our baby chicks and seeing Autumn bulbs poke through the ground. And in between other moments I found time to sit in my sun room sewing. I enjoy the slowness of hand sewing and the quiet it brings. And so I sat and created a simple Easter bunny and an Autumn toadstool. For the bunny I adapted the sweet mouse pattern from Rhythm & Rhyme. Adding a wool felt ball tail, and choosing sweet bunny coloured felt. Longer bunny shape ears and a pretty pink nose. Put it all together and a bunny I had made. The magical toadstool was inspired by Twig and Toadstool. I needle felted the spots on top, and the greenery at the base. I wrapped them up in a playsilk, together with a rainbow Easter egg and sent them to a craft swap partner. I hope you all have a lovely […]

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