When I signed up for this blog hop I knew my primary goal would be to buy nothing...to work out of my fabric closet and to use what I have. And I did it! :) First of all I had to decide what I wanted to make - would it be another mini quilt for my Ackfeld hanger, or maybe a new purse or a wallhanging, or what about a full size quilt (discarded that idea pretty quick!). Then I remembered this wonderful book I've had for a year...or maybe four, but who's counting. I've wanted to stitch this forever and when I thought about it I got that "let's do a happy dance" feeling. For one thing I have a special blog friend I knew would love this and for another, it was just a happy kind of pattern. This is the book I chose:
The name of it is Bunnies & More by Darcy Ashton and it's jam packed with the greatest bunnies. I don't know if it's still in print or not - I've had it that long. Don't say a word - you know you've had some that long or longer without using them!
I dug through my stash and found this wonderful brown and teal polka dot to make my first bunny. And then I remembered that I had just done a Kona cotton swap with
Jane and probably had a solid that would coordinate. I found the perfect color! This was the first little guy I made:
Isn't he just a doll! How do I know he's a he? Look at that face...that's a boy face. Right? Well when I saw him I knew he had to have a playmate so this is his friend:
How cute is that! Of course two could never be enough and wouldn't you know, pretty soon they began to multiply like, well like rabbits. :) But at four I decided I'd better stop or they'd be taking over my sewing room and I have no litter box! The last two I added were these:
I knew that bunnies would like it best in a flower garden, not in my sewing room, so I made them into a little table topper that will, eventually, make it's way out onto my deck. But since I'm off traveling this week I'll just give you a peek at them as they look on the design wall:
(I have no idea why this young lady is not behaving and turning rightside up!)
Now before you go hopping on down the bunny trail to see the rest of today's blog hop I promised you a giveaway. If you'd like to win this little fall wallhanging leave me a comment telling me where you're from. If you're a follower (and if you're not, why not?) leave a second comment for a second chance.
I didn't make this one - a friend made it and sold it at a craft show so I grabbed it knowing one of you out there would love to have it.
Thanks so much to
Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt for the creation of the Polka Dot Blog Hop (I know it's Dots on Dots but I just love saying Polka Dot Blog Hop!) and to
Corrie at Quilt Taffy for hosting us. Be sure and check Corrie's blog for the full schedule. Blog hops are a great way to insure that I get something new made so I'm grateful for that boost. If you haven't joined one please do - it's lots of fun. And now you're off to see the rest of today's lineup:
September 11th
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