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Bunny
Holding Egg - Paper Piecing Project Tutorial
Techniques
Used:
- Resize a PDF using MS Word
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Cut the design out by hand
First
we are going to make the bunny pattern larger. We will open the PDF
file, select the pattern and copy it to the clipboard. Then we will
paste it into Microsoft Word where we can resize the pattern and then
print it.
Double-click
on the "PCS_Bunny_Holding_Egg_Reference.pdf" file to open
it in Adobe Reader. If you don't have Adobe Reader you can download
it for free here.
In Adobe Reader, click on the Tools menu, then select Basic and then
Snapshot Tool. The snapshot tools allows you to draw a rectangle with
your mouse by clicking on a point and then dragging. Once you let go
of the mouse button, everything that is within the rectangle is copied
to the clipboard so that you can paste it into another program.
The pattern pieces are now copied to the clipboard.
Start Microsoft Word or an image editing program of your choice.
Click on Edit and then Paste.
The bunny pattern is pasted into MS Word. Click on the pattern image
to select it. You will see a bounding box appear to show that it is
selected.
If you plan to make the pattern larger it is best to change the page
margins so you can maximize your use of the page.
Click on File and then on Page Setup.
Change the Top, Bottom, Left and Right margins to .25 and then click
OK.
Now we are ready to make the pattern larger. Click on the pattern image
and then click on the bottom right tiny square that is in the corner.
Now drag that square to make the image larger. It is up to you how much
larger you want to make the pattern. In this example I filled the page.
Now you can print it. Click on File and then Print.
Here you can see
the pattern we just printed on the right side of the image below. I've
placed it next to the reference sheet that I printed out so you can
see the difference in size.
Now that we've printed
out the pattern we are going to cut out the pieces so we can use them
in our project.
First I cut out the body.
Next I attached the body to a piece of pink felt. Then I cut out the
body and removed the white pattern piece when finished.
I cut out the ears and nose from a piece of dark pink felt.
Then I cut out the arms and the egg.
Now I have all of my pieces cut out so I can start assembling the design.
Using a Q-tip I applied glue to the ears and nose and adhered them to
the body.
I used 2 small black brads for the eyes. This give a nice 3D effect.
I decided to embroider a design on the egg. When I was finished embroidering
I glued the egg to the body.
Using some light pink embroidery floss, I accented the ears with a back
stitch.
Previously, I glue the arms on the body but I added 3 small stitches
to the arms for decoration. Then I glued some cotton to the tail.
To give the bunny rosy cheeks, I rubbed a Q-tip on some pink chalk and
applied it to the face.
My
project is complete. I could use this bunny on a card or scrapbook page
or on any craft project.
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