Paper Piece Bunny Archives

Posted on March 8, 2026March 8, 2026 by maryhertel — 1 Comment

Some Bunny Loves You

I am pleased to offer these brand new adorable bunny patterns in time for our Easter season. What’s cuter than a bunny… so cute that I couldn’t stop designing them! Here are my 12 favorites. Choose just one or two for your Easter or Spring project, or get all 12 included in the BUNNY QUILT pattern displayed at the end of this post.

BUNNY WITH BOW is one of my favorites. Using striped fabric, like in this bow tie, can be challenging in paper piecing. Because you are flipping the fabric in place after you sew, the stripes can go in all kinds of wonky directions, not always the direction you wanted. I have a sure fire way of always getting your stripes to be perfect. CLICK HERE to watch a video on paper piecing with striped fabrics.

BUNNY WITH BUTTERFLY is another favorite of mine. This is a fairly easy block to paper piece. That tiny white dot in it’s eye is a French knot. I love giving my animals more life by adding an eye highlight.

BUNNY WITH CARROT would make such a cute pillow! I can’t resist a rabbit in a garden.

BUNNY WITH DAFFODIL is another cute rabbit in a flower patch. The daffodil is my favorite spring flower… so cheerful.

BUNNY WITH TULIP highlights another favorite spring flower. This tail would also look cute with a big pom pom attached!

BUNNY 2 and BUNNY WITH BASKET are nice and easy blocks. If you are new to paper piecing, you might want to start with these blocks. I found this awesome basket weave fabric for this basket. Gives it a nice texture.

BUNNY 1 and BUNNY 3.

BUNNY WITH BONNET uses that great basket fabric again.

BUNNY WITH BUTTERFLIES is a lop ear bunny. BUNNY WITH EGG sports the wildest fabric I could find for the egg.

If you want all 12 bunny block patterns, and the directions to put them together into this adorable quilt, you will find my BUNNY QUILT pattern on ETSY.

I would love to see what you create using these bunnies. Let’s spread some “bunny love”.

Posted on April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 by maryhertel — 4 Comments

This is exciting…

Every 2025 issue of AMERICAN QUILTER magazine will include a Made By Marney Collectible Pattern. How exciting!

Each issue has not only the full pattern, but also has a link to a free video with paper piecing tips and tricks. “Bee My Honey” includes this free video Using the Butterfly Effect While Paper Piecing…

The “Some Bunny Loves You” issue includes this pattern and a free video on Connecting Paper Piece Segments Together. This bunny would be great for an Easter project.

The “Think Spring” block will be arriving in the next issue very soon. All magazines can also be purchased in digital format.

Start your collection of Made By Marney patterns and find many more fun designs at MADEBYMARNEY.ETSY.COM, or just PRESS HERE to go directly to Etsy to see my newest Easter block…BUNNY WITH BUTTERFLY.

Have a lovely Easter! I love seeing what you are creating. Please share photos of projects you have created for Easter to: maryannhertel@gmail.com

Posted on March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 by maryhertel

Bunny Love and More…

Its time to dust off those bunny decorations. Let me help you with that!

Here are some of my favorite paper pieced Easter patterns…

All 6 of these bunny and peeper blocks are included in one pattern: EASTER TABLE RUNNER AND POTHOLDERS. Easy peasy patterns, and a great way to use up those scraps!

HAPPY EASTER DUCKY and HAPPY EASTER BUNNY are fast and easy and make great gifts.

I sewed tiny little egg buttons in the EASTER BUNNY GNOME basket. Too cute!

The LOP BUNNY is great for a pillow.

BABY BUNNY without a bow, or BABY BUNNY WITH BOW.

My all time favorite bunny pattern to date, BUNNY WITH FLOWERS. I have this pillow in my sun room.

And here are some new designs…

This HOT AIR BALLOON BLOCK pattern was requested for a baby’s quilt.

The TRACTOR BLOCK pattern could be added to any farm or farm animal quilt. Very cute!

The GUINEA PIG BLOCK pattern is my fave!

Thank you for continuing to send me photos of the adorable projects you are creating using my patterns…you inspire me 🙂

Posted on March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 by maryhertel — 4 Comments

Any Bunny Need Ideas for Easter?

Everywhere I go I’m seeing the cutest bunnies for Easter decorating. I found these at Walmart…cute and affordable.

For my front door, I made these moss bunny beauties from Dollar Tree items…

They were amazingly fun and easy to construct. I found this idea on Pinterest.

This is my fave paper pieced bunny block pattern… BUNNY WITH FLOWERS.

I’ve used this block in lots of projects. I love animals with flowers on their heads.

Here are some of my other bunny blocks…LOP EARED BUNNY

Here’s the same lop bunny with a bow… LOP BUNNY WITH BOW TIE.

EASTER TABLE RUNNER has 6 Easter blocks included in the pattern…

This bunny and pillow pattern are from my book… SEW CUTE AND CLEVER FARM AND FOREST ANIMALS. Thank you to Claudia for making this adorable sample 🙂

And this bunny burp cloth is from my book…SEW CUTE BABY ANIMALS. This book is chocked full of projects to sew for your little one.

Hope I have inspired you to do some holiday creating. Have a lovely Easter!

Posted on April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by maryhertel — 9 Comments

Quilting Over A Paper Pieced Block

All of my patterns include paper pieced blocks, which are constructed with scraps of fabric going in various directions. It is important to quilt over the finished block so it will not stretch out of shape when laundered. But, after paper piecing a lovely image, it almost hurts to quilt over it! My go to method is to use invisible thread.

These 3 invisible threads are brands that I have used and I think they are all do a good job. Superior Threads makes MonoPoly, Aurifil makes a 100% Nylon variety, and YLI makes this Monofilament 100% Nylon Invisible Thread. All of these threads will hold up to your iron, and not melt. But even so, I am always careful to iron gently.

Of these three invisible threads, my favorite is the YLI. It is easy to thread into my machine, and it doesn’t “snap” and break as easily as the others. When using any invisible thread, I use a lighter weight white, 40 weight spun poly bobbin thread.

Easter Bunny Gnome has been quilted with vertical lines that are 1” apart. I mark the lines with a Frixion pen so the lines can be erased with an iron. Quilting in this manner doesn’t distract from the image, and looks modern. The “Peepers” below were quilted with regular thread, changing thread color in each area. I also change the bobbin thread to match the top thread. This method also works fine, but is more tedious.

Now, let’s talk about having some Easter paper piecing fun! Hang these adorable “peepers” on your microwave with suction cups. They are easily accessible when cooking, but almost too cute to use!

Here’s the matching table runner, or create your own! I’d love to see what you produce. Here’s what some of my customers/friends have done using my Easter blocks…

Lisa used the Bunny from my HAPPY EASTER BUNNY pattern.

Happy Easter Bunny and Happy Easter Ducky

I am working on a new springtime bunny and will share the photo soon!

If you have any other questions about quilting over a paper pieced image, please leave a comment below, or email me directly at: maryannhertel@gmail.com