i sheltered you with leaves & flowers

i made this last night for no reason.  it's just a tiny bunny sewn out of felt.  all pink & cute as a ... bunny.
  well, alright, not for no reason, it comes from a lot things: like my idea for making holiday gifts for the craft group, but then we decided to just get teresa presents, and from the cat toy i just made, it reminded me i like to work with the wool felt, also relating to the jabberwocky creatures (shh, don't say that too loud or people will start emailing me again!) i wanted to make a strange creature out of felt, a weird creepy thing, but somehow i just ended up making a cute pink bunny.  sigh.

that is my attempt to photograph the (i think) super cool machine-quilting i did on the large solid space on the bottom of the orange & green quilt.  i drew it out by hand with an evaporating marker, straightened the lines with a ruler, then just sewed it on my little pfaff.  what?  not my necci?  no, the pfaff has a larger surface arm thing to it which makes machine-quilting so much easier.  and it's still wicked hard, i need a friend with one of those long-arm quilters...  i also need some undyed yarn & many packets of kool aid:

i dyed this yarn (recycled from an old wool sweater of my mom's) many many months ago.  abby had left behind some packets of kool-aid so i thought i'd give it a try & i've been dieing to do it again!  (oh yes, pun entirely intended)  the yarn came out really sweet, turns out it knits up quite pretty, too.  yeah, i know, i said i wasn't going to knit any more, but did you see the yarn harlot started a knitting olympics?  can't i just knit one sock?  please?  of course that means i'd have to buy some sock yarn...

Comments

[mimi k]

your bunny is wonderful! The felt you use is just beautiful too- great colors and thickness. Mind if I ask what kind (brand) of felt you are using?

[Megann]

Beautiful! What flavors/colors did you use for that skein? I just got some yarn to try dye-ing for the first time, and I intend to use Kool-Aid.

[MB]

!Hi,
Your bunny is so adorable despite its petite size.
I would love to know more about dying with Kool-Aide! DO you have info you can share or references for sites with info??
The colors are beautiful!!!

Namaste,
MB