Let the fresh air flow through your house this spring with this adorable and modern doorstop from Anna Alicia.
YOU WILL NEED
■ Main quilting weight fabric:
30x50cm
■ Detail quilting weight fabric 1:
20x30cm
■ Detail quilting weight fabric 2 (detail fabric, bow tie and ears): 10x30cm
■ Lightweight wadding: 50x50cm
■ Scrap of stiff interfacing: 10x12cm
■ Small amount of toy stuffing (just enough for the rabbit’s head)
■ Dried lentils/rice/sand to stuff the doorstop: Approx. 500g
■ Yarn to make a pom-pom
■ Pom-pom maker: 3.5cm
■ Matching thread
■ Basic sewing kit
NOTES
■ Seam allowance is 1cm unless otherwise stated.
■ RS = Right side(s).
■ Download the templates from gathered.how/ss-templates
MATERIALS USED
■ No Rain No Flowers fabric collection, Dashwood Studio, dashwoodstudio.com
CUTTING OUT
Step one From the main fabric, cut: Body: One pair using template A. Step two From the detail fabric, cut: Ears: One pair using template B.
Tummy: One using template C.
Base: One using template D. Step three From the second detail fabric, cut:
Bow Tie: 3x30cm.
Step four From the wadding, cut: Body Wadding: One pair using template A.
Tummy Wadding: One using template C.
Base Wadding: One using template D. 01
CUTTING OUT
Step one Lay out one of the Body Wadding pieces and lay a coordinating Body piece on top, RS up. Also lay out one of the Tummy wadding pieces with a matching Tummy detail fabric on top RS up. Step two Treating the Tummy wadding and fabric as if they are one, lay the Tummy piece along the front edge of the rabbit, starting by lining the narrow straight edge of the Tummy up with the straight bottom edge of the Body piece. Curve the Tummy along the foot and tummy of the rabbit’s Body, clipping in place as you go. Step three Sew along that clipped edge, with a 1cm seam allowance, stopping just under the chin. Unfold and press along the seam. 02
Step four Match up the remaining Body fabric and wadding pieces, with the fabric RS up, as before.
Step five Line up the other edge of the Tummy piece along the second Body piece, as you did on the previous one, clipping in place, then sewing as before. Press the seam. 03
MAKING THE EARS
Step one Take the pairs of Ear pieces and swap them so that you have one piece in each fabric in each pair. Pin each pair together and sew around the curved edges (with a 1cm seam allowance), leaving the straight bottom edge open. Step two Trim the seam allowance to about 3mm and make some little snips into the seam allowance around the curved top edge. Turn the Ears RS out and press. Step three Lay the Ears on the stiff interfacing and draw around them. Cut out the interfacing and tuck one piece into each of the Ears. 04
ASSEMBLING THE RABBIT
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