Bunny Bags for the Girls

After making the girls Brisbane-based cousins Bunny Bags for their Easter treats, my own girls were keen to have some. They wanted ones that were a little trickier to sew, which was fine, since I was only make two, as opposed to five. 

The tutorial for this is available at the Sewing Times blog, and also on YouTube. It was a pretty simple make and again, I used gifted fabric - pillowcase fabric! 

The bags outer fabric came from the pillowcases I had already deconstructed for the girls skorts. The inner on Sophie's was also pillowcase fabric, seen in Rachel's dress, and Rachel's bunny bag had leftover Ikea fabric that matches everything so well. 

Cute and holds a substantial amount of chocolate. What more could you want?

Bunny Bags

 When I asked the girls what they would like to put the Easter eggs for their cousins in this year, I was expecting (or maybe hoping) they would say "We'll make origami boxes Mum!" I don't think it was too much of a stretch, given that they had recently learned how to make some pretty decent origami boxes, and this would be a chance to show off their skills. 

What they said instead was, "You can sew some bags Mum!" which had a vastly different outcome. 

But who am I to turn down the opportunity to sew something? So I went to my trusty box of scrap fabric and dug out enough calico to make several bags. I showed the girls a variety of bag types on Pinterest, hoping they would like a simple draw string bag. Again, my hopes were dashed, as they declared the bags with bunny ears to be the best bags of all. 

So again to my stash to find some fun fabric for the bunny ears and off to Sally the Sewing Machine I went. 

Two days later, and I've got five bunny bags ready to go. They are pretty cute, and well made, if I do say so myself. I French seamed them, for prettiness and strength. The girls made Easter cards and filled them with chocolate for their cousins and everyone had a great time.