I have started to put out my Easter decorations since it is now March and came across a super cute ceramic bunny I painted back in 2006. This year I thought a cute quilted carrot would go with him, so I set out to make one.
For this project you need:
7 assorted designs or orange fabric (I used the pre cut fabric quarters and had PLENTY of fabric.)
1/4 yard of orange fabric for the backing of the carrot
1 green fabric quarter
1/4 yard of felt or another stabilizing fabric.
You want to make sure you iron the fabrics before you start cutting. This will help you keep control of the fabric.
Now cut your 7 assorted design fabric into 1 inch strips. I used a rotary cutting tool to help me with it. It was my first time using the tool, I would highly recommend using it. It was very efficient.
I cut out only 8 strips of each design. It was more then enough. Of course the larger you want your carrot the more strips you need to cut out.
After you have cut out all your strips you can start to sew them together. Make sure you sew the fabric design side together. This way when you turn it back around the seam is on the bottom and the design side of the fabric is up.
When you are finished you will have a long row of fabric that you can cut the carrot out of.
After I sewed the fabric together I sketched out a picture of a carrot and the stems on paper. This allowed me to get the size and shape just the way I like it.
From these designed I cut out the paper and used the newly created pattern to cut out the stabilizing felt for both the carrot and the stems, the green fabric for the stems, and the orange fabric for the backing of the carrot. After you have all designs cut out you want to sew the respective portions together.
I sewed the stems onto the carrot and then added a trim around the carrot to hide the unfinished edge of the fabric.
With that my bunny has a lovely quilted carrot!
