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Harriet, our pretty March hare, is full of the joys of spring. Her long ears and limbs mean she’s bursting with character, and to top it off we’ve fashioned her a stylish lace-trimmed dress stitched in prints from Cloud9 Fabrics’ Wildwood range. She’s the perfect picnic companion, but is shaped to perch on a shelf or sofa when she’s not attending tea parties.
Make harriet hare
Download and print your templates. Add a 5mm seam allowance to all. Cut two ears from lightly patterned fabric and two more from another print. Pair them up, right sides together, and pin onto quilt wadding. Stitch around the edges through all three layers, leaving the end open for turning. Trim the wadding close to the seam, before turning the ears out and finger-pressing the seams. Make a pleat in the bottom edge of the ear and tack.
Cut two bodies from fabric. Clip the bottom dart, fold in 5mm on each straight edge and tack down. Place the pleated end of one ear against one straight edge of the dart in the top of the head and fold the head fabric over to sandwich it. Stitch along the straight edge to secure the ear. Repeat for the other body piece. Pin the two body pieces right sides together and stitch around the edge leaving a gap at the bottom darts and along the back seam. Take care not to trap the ears as you sew. Clip the curves and turn out through a gap.
Cut four leg pieces from patterned fabric. Pair up right sides together and sew around each one, leaving a gap at the top edge. Clip the curves, turn out and stuff firmly. Flatten the top of the leg so the front and back seams touch and tack closed. Insert the tacked end of each leg into the gap formed by the hemmed darts at the bottom of the body. Pin the hemmed edges to the legs and oversew to hold them in place. Stitch up any remaining space between
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