Anyway, back to the project at hand... I'm working on forgetting about the camera. I saw the cutest pin the other day for a sock bunny. With Easter coming I thought it would be fun to make Macie a little something for her Easter basket and this little bunny from Lil Blue Boo was perfect.
My intention was to use a pair of socks I already had, but after looking at some of my mangy worn socks, I opted for some clearance kids knee socks I had seen at good old wal-mart. I liked the idea of using kids socks because they are a little smaller and Macie isn't exactly huge yet. The one thing I didn't count on was all the elastic in kids socks. It made it a little more challenging to stitch. You may want to keep that in mind if you go the kid sock route.
Take your first sock and cut the toe down the middle and cut the top of the sock in half as well. Make sure you leave the heel of the sock in tact because that part is going to be the face and all bunnies need a face, don't they?? After you've hacked up the sock a little bit, go grab the sock's mate and hack off the toe. Cut the toe in half and now your bunny has some arms. Once you have all of the pieces cut, turn everything inside out. I'm sure you can sew this by hand, but I am even worse hand sewing than I am with a machine so I used the machine. Sew up the sides of the arms (the toe halves), leaving the bottom open, and the sides of the legs and the ears. I sewed the ears up completely as well as the feet and most of the legs. I left the middle "belly" section open so that I could stuff the bunny. Turn all of the pieces back to the right side and stuff that little bunny full of fill. I tried not to overstuff my little lady because the socks had so much elastic, the bunny could've ended up REALLY fat. Once you have stuffed that bunny full, just hand sew up the hole, and attached the stuffed arms. The last thing the little bunny needs is a face. Grab some buttons and make some eyes and then use some embroidery floss for the nose and mouth. You can do the face really any way you want. I haven't done embroidery in years so my face needs a little love but overall, I think it's pretty cute.
One of the things I sort of like about my little bunny is that it looks so homemade. I think it gives her character. Do you think Macie will like it??
