Easy DIY Easter Bunny Pouch: Beginner Sewing Tutorial (45 Minutes)

Easter brings sunny days and endless crafting fun for toddlers. Bunnies, eggs, and chicks spark imaginations across generations. This simple pouch reuses fabric scraps from past projects, takes just 45 minutes, and is perfect for beginners with a sewing machine.

• Difficulty: Beginner

• Requires a sewing machine: Yes

Materials Needed

• 2 twill rectangles, 17 x 23 cm, for the pouch exterior;
• 2 printed cretonne rectangles, 17 x 23 cm, for the lining, plus 2 of 17 x 4 cm for the channels;
• 2 ear pieces with rounded tips (5.5 cm base, 14 cm height) from each fabric;
• 1 spool of matching thread;
• 1 m satin ribbon;
• Pins.

Step 1

1. Press the 17 x 4 cm rectangles with an iron to form the channel strips.
2. Fold the ribbon in half widthwise and mark the fold.
3. Fold under 0.5 cm on each long edge. Press flat. Repeat on the other side.
4. Fold each short end under 1 cm and press.

Step 2

Topstitch each end of the ribbons 6 mm from the edge.

Step 3

Center and pin the ribbons to the right side of the large twill rectangles, 4 cm from one short edge.

Step 4

Topstitch the channels 1 mm from each long edge.

Step 5

Pin each cretonne ear to a twill ear, right sides together.

Step 6

To shape the ears:

1. Sew 1 cm from the edge, leaving the base open. Notch the tip.
2. Turn right side out.
3. Topstitch 1 mm from the edge.

Step 7

Fold the ear base corners inward on the cretonne side. Pin twill to twill, 5 cm from the sides on one large rectangle's channel edge.

Step 8

Place lining rectangles on twill rectangles, right sides together. Pin the channel edge.

Step 9

Sew 1 cm from the edge.

Step 10

Press flat. Topstitch 6 mm from the edge.

Step 11

Unfold assemblies and pin right sides together, aligning cretonne and twill.

Step 12

Sew around 1 cm from the edge, leaving a lining base opening.

Step 13

Box the lining and exterior corners by matching bottom and side seams.

Step 14

Sew perpendicular to the bottom seam, 2 cm from the corner point.

Step 15

Turn pouch right side out through the lining opening.

Step 16

Pin and topstitch the lining bottom 1 mm from the edge.

Step 17

Thread one ribbon through one channel using a safety pin, then the opposite channel, ends on same side. Repeat from opposite side with second ribbon. Knot ends.

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