Ragdoll bunny

Cutting

• Cut 2 heads
  • 2 nose-muzzle sections
    • 1 nose gusset to fold
    • 1 back gusset to fold
    • 4 ears
      • 4 legs
    • 4 arms
    • 1 front body to fold
      • 2 back body sections

Equipment

• Plain sewing machine
• Overlocker (optional)
• Disappearing pen
• Tailor’s chalk
• Pins
• Polyester sewing thread
• Ballpoint needles if using stretch fabric
• Carded fibre fill or chosen polyfil for stuffing.
• 40cm of fabric
• 6mm seam allowance

Sewing limbs

Sew arm, leg and

Ears right sides together. The thumb section on the hands is best sewn on a plain machine for accuracy. Draw lines on fabric with a disappearing pen as a sewing guide.

Attaching limbs

Sewing the body

• Arrange the limbs to pop out of the neck opening.
• Place the back over the front right sides together (with limbs between) and sew the back body to the front

• Turn legs and arms to right side.
• Pin legs and arms to the body at

Marked points. (Points 3 and 4)

Sew legs and arms to front body.

Sew the central back seam on

the back body. Leave an opening of

about 3cm at the top of the back

To facilitate attaching the head and

stuffing the toy.

Sewing the head

Completing the head

Sew the nose gusset to the back gusset, right sides

Together . Sew chin seam

Make a template for eye placement and trace it

onto the main head. Embroider the eye with

lashes. Alternatively, use safety eyes, which

you can buy from a toy or fabric supplier.

• Sew the nose to the main head

matching the the points numbered

1 and 2.

• Turn out the ears and fold in half
• Attach the ears to the head back

gusset 1cm from the side edge.

Sew a portion of the back dart at

the neck edge of the back, leaving

an opening for attaching to the body

and stuffing the toy.

Completing

Mark the halfway point of the nose gusset, pin to the nose end point. Sew the nose gusset to the head, right sides together.

Sew the head to the body at the neck edge.

Turn toy to the right side.

Stuff the toy evenly via the back opening

Close back opening using ladder stitch, by hand.

Download A4 pattern