Squeaking in just under the deadline was my BT3 package for Moki. I had a blast reading Moki's blog and getting to know her (and her many, many hobbies). She is an incredibly talented and prolific blogger. I highly recommend reading through her archives to see some of her wonderful ideas and tutorials.

Here is the description of the bunny I made that I included in her package:

I discovered in doing Back-Tack III that I have a somewhat rebellious nature.

This bunny and his squashy little sidekick were sewn by hand. I went with a simple color palette, because I think what makes a softie really great is a nice squishy texture.

The big bunny is more of a sit-on-a-shelf-looking-cute type. Too much exercise and his head gets a little floppy. His little friend in black is a little sturdier and likes to be squeezed.

For the purposes of not getting me kicked out of Back Tack, we're going to pretend that the yellow in the center of the daisies is really a pale green.

I am certainly not going to win any prizes for most creative use of buttons. The eyes were purchased in the button aisle so we're going to go ahead and count those towards my quota. (Who knew I was such a rule bender?)

As you can see from his squashy little sidekick, I did try to use Hillary's Wee Bunny pattern. Alas, I really struggle with patterns that require symmetry. (Note the ears.) So after reading the guidelines four or five times to make sure this was really allowed, I decided to stick with what I know. The pattern is one made somewhat famous by Sewing Stars. It's from a Japanese craft book that was posted on Craftster sometime ago.

There is an embroidered "M" by his tail. Yes, I know it looks more like an "X."

I am a BIG fan of terry cloth and other fuzzy fabrics that hide sketchy stitch-work. I'm not the best sewer so I like to use my own techniques which are, like, totally wrong. Terry cloth is just fuzzy enough that it hides the fact that you skipped stitches and had to back track and such. You just keep stitching away until it seems that the whole thing will stay together. (Moki, I hope you're not reading this. If you are, keep the bunnies away from any pets.) I'm going to stop outing myself now. I should just pretend that I'm a model participant - ha!

On Moki's blog you can see some of the extras I sent (including some goodies from Mitsuwa, the Japanese grocery store). All in all, I'd say Back Tack was a big success (and I hope Moki feels the same way) -- although I won't pretend I wasn't cutting it VERY close there at the end. Very.

It feels so good to look at my To Do list for the week and see some things crossed off the list!