Slight hiatus and Christmas sewing

 Wow I've been really busy with uni stuff, I really hope it pays off one day because it takes up basically all of my free time!

The only Christmas sewing that I've committed to this year is a Luna Lapin for my niece.

Luna Lapin is a sweet wool felt bunny invented by Sarah Peel. She's vintage in feel and is perfect for an heirloom style gift. I'm not sure that it would be suitable for rough play but my niece prides herself on being very careful with her toys so I'm hoping it will be OK. If not, I can make her another! The pattern to make Luna and some clothes for her are in Sarah's book 'Making Luna Lapin.'

I have made Luna before, mine is imaginatively called 'Bunny' and doesn't have any part of the magnificent wardrobe from the book. When I finished her, I found the proportions a little strange for the kind of wardrobe I wanted to build for her so I sort of shelved the project while I worked on a couple of other dolls (but honestly none of them came out so well as Bunny).   I apparently only took this WIP picture at the time, so I will add a present day Bunny. I did make cotton versions for my young boys at the time too (also named Bunny and Bunny - lol) which required some messing around with the pattern, I had to add a bunch of seams, but they turned out well and amazingly, are still intact despite indulging in a lot of rough play.

The set I want to make for my niece will definitely have a few outfits and hopefully some shoes. I like to take inspiration from real life little girls outfits and have a Pinterest board stuffed with ones I like. I have picked a few out that I'm hoping I can tweak some of the patterns in the book to make.