Spring is right around the corner! To get you ready for springtime crafting or Easter gifts, I’ve created a chubby bunny sewing pattern and tutorial as well as organic fabric kits for making an incredibly soft, heirloom-quality bunny!
Chubby Bunny is a paid sewing pattern, however, it is free with the purchase of an organic fabric bunny kit! The PDF pattern provides easy to follow, step-by-step instructions with photos. You will also receive a link to a 20-minute video tutorial, which will walk you through every step of needle sculpting the bunny. The bunny is very simple to sew, but the needle sculpture (which is optional) may be a new skill for some sewists. You don’t have to sew it alone! Join my Facebook group, Fluffmonger Patterns, where you can ask questions, post photos, and make friends!
Chubby Bunny comes with a 1/4-inch (6 mm) seam allowance that includes the stitch line in case you prefer to sew patterns without a seam allowance. The finished bunny is approximately 5.5″ tall, 9″ including the ears. Fleece fabric (poly or natural) is recommended, but the pattern can also be sewn with minky, velour, or even a lightweight, knit sherpa if you are an experienced sewist. (Bunny shown in main photo is made with organic cotton and hemp fleece.)
I’ve made kits if you’d like to make your bunny with organic fabric. The basic fabric kits come with organic cotton/hemp fleece and choice of organic print fabric. All fabrics are washed with organic, fragrance-free detergent and steam ironed (learn more about my organic fabric kits here).
Choose from a variety of organic prints for inside the ears
The deluxe kits come with everything in the fabric kit plus coordinating organic cotton thread, hemostat clamps (for turning and stuffing), and a 5-inch doll needle.
UPDATE 3/3/2021: This pattern has been updated to include a tiny Chubby Bunny sewing pattern. Click here to see the new pattern.
Pattern Tester’s Chubby Bunnies
Kathy Slaughter tested both my pattern and my organic kit. Here’s what she had to say about the kit:
“This was my first time sewing with organic fleece and thread. The feel and workability of synthetic fleece comes nowhere near the quality of this organic cotton and hemp fleece. I also loved working with the organic cotton thread! It sunk into the seams and set without having to press, as I usually have to with regular thread. I can’t wait to try this silky thread in my next quilt!”
Veronica Stienberg made this little tubber with polyester fleece!
I’d love to see photos of chubby bunnies you make! Post them in my Fluffmonger Patterns group!
Selling Items Made with this Pattern
This pattern is great for making gifts for friends and family, but you can also sell items made from the pattern provided:
1. You keep a copy of your receipt as proof of purchase.
2. The items are not mass-produced. They must be made one at a time by hand.
3. The items are only made by the individual who purchased the pattern.
4. Credit is given to Fluffmonger for the pattern on a tag affixed to each item with the exact phrase “Made with an original Fluffmonger pattern from www.fluffmonger.com.” If selling online, the listing must contain a direct link to where the pattern can be purchased. You may make alterations to the pattern, but you must still credit Fluffmonger as these are considered derivative works.
Head on over to my Etsy shop now for the pattern or kit!
would it be possible to put up a picture of the actual sewing patterns? I would just be a little more helpful!
thanks!
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Hi, Jess. This is a paid pattern, which is why I do not have photos of the pattern pieces in the blog post.
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qA6y1l Very neat article.Really looking forward to read more. Keep writing.
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Hi this is the best pattern came out good keep on going ☺
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Thank you, Dani!
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It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button! I’d most certainly donate to this fantastic blog!
I suppose for now i’ll settle for book-marking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this site with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!
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You’re so sweet, Flora! Thank you so much! I really appreciate your support!
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i was trying to find a good bunny pattern and this is the only one i like. it is so cute! keep making these!
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Thank you so much, Emily!
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How big is the finished product?
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Hi, Karen! The bunny is 5.5″ tall, 9″ including the ears.
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I can’t find where to buy the chubby bear pattern. I have made several of your free patterns and have been pleased with. I fell in love with the chubby bear the first time I saw her.
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Hi, Diana! Do you mean the chubby bunny pattern? It’s available in my etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/fluffmonger. I have a polar bear pattern, which is available under Free>Free Sewing Patterns on the menu for my site, but I do not have a pattern called “chubby bear.” Hope that helps!
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THIS UPSETS ME GREATLY: Jess Lloyd
May 6, 2018 at 10:05 pm – Reply
would it be possible to put up a picture of the actual sewing patterns? I would just be a little more helpful! thanks!
REALLY ARE YOU KIDDING? POST PICTURES OF THE PATTERNS???
Im not sure your intentions or the ridiculousness of asking this but I would suspect it is to avoid buying the pattern.. FIRST OF ALL- fluffmonger is kind, generous and loving enough to share a number of her patterns to the public for free. There are alot of dishonest people (questioning your honesty) that simply would copy the pattern and not PAY FLUFFMONGER the nominal fee she asks for the patterns! THIS IS CALLED COPYRIGHT THEFT!
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PS….I HAVE BEEN SEWING FOR 60 YEARS AND COULD EASILY COPY THIS PATTERN BUT I WOULDN’T EVEN CONSIDER IT!!! ITS ILLEGAL!!!
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Hi !! I love tour projects, they are extremely cute!! I am from Chile. How can I get the Chubby Bunny patterns?
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Thank you so much, Monica! It’s in my Etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/fluffmonger
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Major thankies for the post.Thanks Again. Really Cool.
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I want to make the Chubby Bunny for all my grands and a couple of ‘adopted’ grands. Do I still need to go to the expense of purchasing tags that say all that? None are for sale, but I’m looking at making 13-14 (may make one even for me). Please let me know, and if I do need to sew in tags, where is a good place to purchase them? Do you have a preferred spot on the bunny that we are to attach the tag to, such as upper shoulder, mid-back or bottom area? I will also confess, I will be mass producing them. It would be crazy not to do them all at once. Please let me know how to proceed, because I don’t wish to do it wrong.
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Hello, Ms. Jesse!
Finally, I’m able to get things going again! I hope you didn’t think I had forgotten about you & I truly hope that you did not forget me! I’m in Tennessee & this has been kind of a crazy year…with my husband & I coming down with Covid plus several trips to the hospital! All is now going great & today I’m starting on 2 bunny’s! They are gifts for 2 baby girls, one is about 4 months & the other is 1 year old! My husband thinks the pattern is so cute he wants me to make one for his best friends, grand daughter, ( the one that’s 4 months old)!
I have read some of the reply’s on your Comments & was honestly kinda shocked, but I won’t get into that! I wanted you to know that these 2 bunny’s are going to the cutest little girls who I know will love them! I’m just wondering…do I need to attach your tags on these 2 bunny’s, if so, how do I go about ordering 2 of them & how much are they? I would never, ever want to cause any problems for you with your copyright! I love your patterns to much’!!!
As soon as I get the 2 bunny’s finished I will send you photos! Should only be a few days!🤞
Kindest Regards!
Jill ( Julie) VanTuyle! Tennessee
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So sorry for the late reply. If they’re gifts, no need to attach tags. It’s just for handmade toys you plan to sell. Thank you for asking, though!
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