Alright, alright, she's not all that spectacular, but I am proud of her, and man, was she a learning experience. Click on her to see more pics on Flickr. You've got to see her scraggly cotton tail.

I've been wanting to participate in Claire's Month of Softies for a long time. This month's theme is to make a softie to match a particular room. Nora's bedroom is my inspiration room- pink and green, girlie, sweet.

I wanted to make Nora an Easter bunny to match and my goal was to make her out of stuff I already had, not to buy anything. I almost did it. I had to buy some white yarn to make her pom pom tail. ($1.27 Doh! ) Her body is made out of a sweater of mine that was just too small. The pink furry texture is perfect for a bunny and was oh-so-forgiving for a beginner like me. The stitches where I assembled her body just disappear into the nubby texture. Her little dress, which you'll see in a minute, is made from an old cotton bed sheet that Petey scratched a hole in. Her face is a bit somber, but that is better than creepy or angry which is where it was headed the first SIX times I embroidered it. Yes, I picked it out and redid it six times. After all that, she was looking a little matted down, so I put her through the wash. All of the stuffing in her arms migrated outward and made her too floppy, so I had to unstitch her arms and add a bunch more polyfil. Did I already say she was a learning experience?!

Then I made the pinafore for Tie One On. It has a little chicken on it to match the bird theme of her room. The shape of the dress is not that flattering to her bowling pin figure, and the button on the bodice is not baby safe, so I'll think Nora can have her naked for awhile and I'll hang the dress up until she's bigger. But she looks ready for a tea party to me!

Does this dress make my tail look fat?