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November Blog - Month 8 - Staying Together Apart!

8/11/2020

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Last January I noticed a few of our members all sewing the same thing, they were little felt rabbits with long legs and cute clothes.  A few years earlier a craze had begun to sew something called 'Luna Lapin and Friends'.  An online community has grown together with classes and sew-a-longs and I have since discovered some of our members haven't been able to stop. 

Beware, if you start to make one, you find yourself wanting to make another, and another, you can't stop! 

​This month, I spoke with four of our members who each have their own story on their path to making these loveable rabbits.
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Pam W made the lovely Luna Lapin above sitting on the bicycle and this is what she has to say........

On a visit to a Kirby Lonsdale I noticed a lovely shop selling sewing items.  How could I resist, I had to go in for a nosy.  The owner Sarah was very excited to tell me about her new project and book being published 'Luna Lapin an adorable rabbit.'  Of course I ordered it straight away.

On the books arrival I started straight away making rabbits, clothes, chairs, bags etc.  I was well and truly obsessed with Luna!  Then a second book was published!  Luna Lapin's friends, another delight.  So far I have made two monkey's out of this book, and have used a lot of the items in the book on Luna as well.  
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​My latest Luna's are in white, not dressed yet.....

Luna and friends have 'multiplied' many times around the world.  Sarah has given so much pleasure to us all.  Her lovely shop in Kendal, is full of lovely goodies, well worth a visit when we are able.  The Kirby Lonsdale and Skipton shops are now closed.

​Pamela W.

Our next member Kath H, has definitely been very busy with Luna Lapin....... ​

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Here are some more of Kath's little felted friends.....

Dee E. has had some adventures of her own as she explains below:

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I was first prompted to make Luna after seeing the beautiful rabbits being made by Kath H and Pamela W.  The fabrics they used and their attention to detail was so inspiring! 

I made Luna first of all for my granddaughter’s fourth birthday. My enthusiasm for the project grew and my husband Sam kindly made the wardrobe pictured in the book, the coat hangers came from the shop in Kirby Lonsdale. I made the armchair from the book’s pattern. Luna had several outfits and Harlowe loved changing her clothes.


Over time Luna’s felt arms became rather worn so I had to make a new pair.

A year later, a puppy called Nellie joined the family. Nellie grew to love Luna too. This resulted in Luna needing a ‘skin’ graft on one cheek.
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One day, several weeks later when Harlowe was at school, Nellie played with Luna too roughly and Luna mark two was born!
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​This is the version of Luna that I made when my great neice was born.  An accessory for her room, it matched her blanket.  A happy coincidence!

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This is Luna Mark 2 made for my granddaughter!

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This time I found some heavier grey fabric and cut Luna out with a seam allowance so that I could sew by machine.  She needed to be a more resilient rabbit than her predecessor! 

She doesn't have the look of the felt version, but she's a snappy dresser and is still in one piece!

​Dee E.


Here's a final image of our new found friend Luna Lapin from Zena C

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Name: Bunny

Barbara S, has been crocheting a lovely scarf

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Kath R has been busy making machine embroidered flowers sewn on dissolvable fabric.

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Kath H has also been busy doing some knitting:

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For Christmas we thought it would be nice to put something on our site for a Christmas Project.  You can find the instructions under the Notices Section, on how to make a Christmas Serviette Ring, kindly provided by Ann R.  (You can also download the pdf below).



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​Ann has also given an update on the Savick Library Bunting which can be found under our 'other news' tab.  The bunting is now completed and you can see images and an interesting write up of the events leading up to the final completion of this group project.  Well done to everyone who took part!

Carolynne P.

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