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CROSS STITCH -- BUNNIES AND RABBITS

Bunny Rabbit Cross Stitch Patterns

A list of commercial cross-stitch patterns owned by Kelly


Christmas Bunnies

And Even A Mouse - Leisure Arts #2830. 30 designs for medium-small ornaments include 5 with bunnies - cutesy costumes.
Christmas Critters & More - Count On Kappie #87. 60 small ornaments include 3 with bunnies.
Christmas Quickies, by Barbara Mock - Dimensions #175. 32 small ornaments include a toy bunny and a bunny doll.
Country Quickies, by Brian Jackins - Dimensions #239. Of about 2 dozen small designs, one is a country-look toy bunny.
Holiday Enchantment - Stoney Creek Collection Book 18. Includes 18 designs for small ornaments, including 1 bunny.
Holiday Mugs, by Barbara Baatz - Liesure Arts leaflet #2413. Of 9 designs, one is a rabbit with an easter egg.
Merry Christmas Musicians by Londa Gordanier Jary - The Scarlet Thread (no #). Includes rabbit carrying pole w/ ribbons.
Quick & Cheery, by Terrie Steinmeyer - Liesure Arts #2673. 15 small-medium ornaments include one bunny.
Santa's Ark, Leisure Arts #618. Several designs: a tree with animal ornaments, the top ornament is a bunny; a border of alternating animals, 2 of the 4 are bunnies - simple checked outlines.
Woodland Santa - Dimensions #258. Large picture of Santa holding a basket of veggies and a black and white bunny.

Bunny Border Designs
Borders Wanted 1 - True Colors (no #???). Includes a border of alternating bunnies and carrots.
Many Borders Mini Series #21 by Nancy Spruance - Leisure Arts #795. Includes a border of gray rabbit rears w/ fluffy white tails, interspersed with pink and blue bands (suitable for baby afghan, for example).
Country Borders Mini Series #22 - Leisure Arts 859. Includes little dressed bunnies holding hearts.
OmniBook of Borders, 9th in Series - Jeanette Crews Designs #809. Includes one of white bunnies wearing green ribbons.
Little Bits of Cross Stitch, Book 1: 43 Animals - True Colors. Includes almost realistic white rabbit.
Borders, Borders & More Borders - Dale Burdett #DB-118. Includes 20-stitch high rabbits (with carrots underneath), 12-stitch high rabbits alternating w/ hearts (page 27).

Bunnies for Towels
Absorbing Nature - Just Cross Stitch #807. Designs for hand towel inserts, similar in size to borders - includes 1 w/ bunnies - a largish rabbit & 4 smaller ones and 2 cabbages, semi-realistic.
Towels for All Times - Leisure Arts 805. Towel inserts, similar to borders, include one of toy rabbit pulling basket of Easter eggs , one of rabbit dolls holding balloons, and one of 2 Daisy-Kingdom style rabbits w/ heart & flowers.

Bunnies on Bookmarks
Beatrix Potter Miniatures - Green Apple Inc., no #. Lots of Peter Rabbit, in minis, bookmarks, parts of larger designs.
Bookmark Bonanza - Just Cross Stitch #861. Includes 1 of reading rabbit sitting on stack of books.
Bookmark Bouquet - Leisure Arts 83108. 3 bookmarks based on folk quilt designs, 1 has rows of brown rabbit silhouettes.
Bookmark Collection 1 (for Ribband), Linda Dennis - The Finish Line, Book 7. Includes "Hop to it! Read!" w/ small rabbit.
Bookmarks & Mini-Pulls II, The Saga Continues - Jeanette Crews Designs #104. Includes 1 bookmark w/ 4 rabbits.
Bookmarks for the Seasons - Leisure Arts 2712. Includes one of a basket quilt design w/ rabbit silhouettes in it.

Bunny Alphabets
The Ultimate Childrens Alphabet Book - Amer. School of Needlework #3674. Includes Bunnies alphabet of white cutesey rabbits sitting on top of carrots which form the letters.
"Alphabunny" from a magazine that doesn't print its name or date on the pages - a children's alphabet, formed of pastel bunny figures.

Bunnies Among Other Designs
101 Garden Favorites, Book 4 - Leisure Arts 2737. Includes 1 semi-realistic rabbit (magnet or ornament size).
360 Mini Messages Quick & Easy - Dale Burdett #DB-7136. Scattered rabbits - most sized to fit in squares 40 stitches/side or less with small sayings, 20-25 stitches/side without sayings. (Magnet size, ornaments, gift tags. Most very simple.)
50 Favorite Pets to Cross Stitch by Sam Hawkins - Am. School of Needlework #3606. Includes a couple of rabbits, and a dust bunny. Also includes a guinea pig. Also a "Pets are people too" saying w/ 5 silhouetted animals including a rabbit.
A Crossed Wing Christmas, No. 26 - Crossed Wing Collection. Nature scenes, mainly of birds, but the large scene includes a nice rabbit, and the rabbit alone is also charted.
Barnyard Francais II by Linda Jary - The Scarlet Thread, no #. 6 designs include 2 rabbits wearing jaunty french berets.
Best Friends - Ginger & Spice #9407. 9 pictures includes 3 of rabbits, cute. Not realistic rabbits. Country Nursery, Ginny Fraser - Liesure Arts #424. Has 30 designs, including a larger rabbit in a square (54 stitches square), a bunny border (14 squares to a repeat) and a mini-bunny, 22 stitches wide by 21 high, all wearing red bandannas. Semi-realistic white rabbits w/ spots.
Critter Caboodle Mini Series #5 - Leisure Arts 447. Includes at least 8 bunny designs, cutesy, some dressed as babies.
Funwear Waste Canvas For Kids, Leisure Arts #589. About 20 pix, most 40x40 stitches or less, including 4 bunnies - one realistic white bun, 2 bunnies in dresses holding balloons, and one cutesy bun holding a carrot.
Itty Bittys - Lorri Birmingham Designs. 9 designs for afghan or individual pieces, 5 are bunny dolls, Daisy Kingdom-ish.
Soft & Cuddly Baby Designs for Anne Cloth, Leisure Arts #737. 12 designs for squares, 3 of them are bunnies. Fairly realistic 2-tone brown rabbits, w/ purple ribbons around neck.
Tea Time - The Vanessa Ann Collection, American School of Needlework #3650. Includes a teapot with a jacket-wearing rabbit sitting and drinking tea.
Woodland Sampling - The Prairie Schooler #17. Includes single and double rabbit silhouettes, very realistic.

Just Bunnies, Mostly Larger Pieces to Stitch
"Ear" Resistable by Judy Gibbs - Hollie Designs Book 25. Five pictures of cutesy lop-eared rabbits in costumes for seasonal holidays - spring, Halloween, Christmas, etc.
Bunny Book II by Mary Ellen Wehrli - Kept in Stitches (no #). 3 pictures of almost-realistic bunnies in cutesy poses with props - butterflies, basket of flowers, inside a pumpkin.
Bunny Business - Good Therapy Leaflet 006. Large round design of realistic brown rabbit surrounded by veggies.
Bunny Collector - Alma Lynne Designs ALX-121. One large design of a dozen bunny dolls wearing costumes. Can't really break out any individuals for smaller pieces.
Bunny Love - Just Cross Stitch #903. 6 designs, 4 of them rabbits. Rabbit angel, sampler, welcome band, border. Rabbit is an outline drawing, not realistic but not cutesy.
Bunny Sisters - Sudberry House Designer Series #104. Large picture of two costumed rabbits drinking tea at a table.
Bunny, by Carolyn Meacham - Serendipity Designs L-95. A single design, stitch count 101 x 63 high. Realistic, w/ flowers.
Country Bunnies - Rain Drop Designs, Book 1. Over a dozen bunny dolls, silhouettes, primitives, bunny toys.
Dust Bunnies - Leisure Arts #83105. A large picture/sign showing two white buns and a sign that says "This house is protected by killer dust bunnies."
Family Rabbits - The Cricket Collection #17. Three pictures, plus shows how to use individual elements. Single rabbit is about 60x50 stitches. Not realistic - sort of simple country-primitive bunnies.
Happy Holidays Everybunny! - Leisure Arts #979. 6 pictures of cartoon lop rabbits with "antlers" holding various seasonal ornaments - hearts, eggs, shamrocks, pumpkins, etc.
Les Lapins - Leisure Arts #938. Two large pictures of realistic white rabbits with vegetables.
Rabbit Avenue - Leisure Arts #586. Three large pictures of realistic rabbits in bushes, on black background.
Rabbits and Other Bunny Things - Cross My Heart #SCB-11. Includes realistic, cutesy, and silly - The Dutch bunny with a caption of "Warning-these premises protected by Attack Rabbit" is realistic rabbit, if not sentiment. Mostly larger designs, although 1 that is only 35 stitches square.
Snuggle Bunnies - Country Cross-Stitch Book 52. Two pictures (pillow or framed size) of 2 buns smooching, and one of a single bunny. Not exactly realistic but not cartoons either - cute.
Somebunnies Love You - Leisure Arts #2334. Large picture of toy rabbits and rabbit dolls sitting on a quilt w/ lacy pillows.
Tails to Tell - Schoolhouse Designs, Leaflet Six-P006. Four designs of simple cute grey bunnies - with red hearts in their puffy tails. Single rabbit is about 30x40 stitches.
The Bunnie Hutch - Jeremiah Junction #JL108. Really one large design, but can be separated into 5 individual segments, each of which contains at least one rabbit - some are somewhat cutesy, some are semi-realistic.
The Bunny Trail - Pegasus Originals, Book 152. About a dozen designs, mostly realistic but two costumed. Realistic ones include dutch, white, tan, Netherlands dwarf, others.

Bunnies in Magazines
Better Homes & Gardens "Bunnies Bears & Cats," 1991 special pub., Dolls, stuffed animals, knit toys, wooden cutouts, and cross-stitched pictures and minis.
Celebrations to Cross Stitch & Craft, Winter/Spring 1991, Page 10-11 - "Rabbit Tales" - 2 pictures, each of a rabbit family near some shrubbery. Realistic looking. Color charts.
Celebrations to Cross Stitch & Craft, Winter/Spring 1991, Page 18-19 - 7 Easter minis, 5 of which are rabbits, similar to Daisy Kingdom style - wearing clothes.
Celebrations to Cross Stitch & Craft, Winter/Spring 1991, Page 5, "Lovestruck Bunny" - a cute cartoon bunny holding a small bouquet of heart-shaped flowers. Color chart.
Classic Cross Stitch, Feb/Mar 1991, pages 16-17, "Rabbits at Home" - a fairly realistic picture, or a mom and baby rabbit (plus a cute pair of chipmunks).
Classic Cross Stitch, Feb/Mar 1991, pages 6-7, "Bunny Nap" - a baby afghan featuring the same bunny holding a blanket, in 3 different color schemes.
Country Stitch, Jan/Feb 1991, page 15, "Bears 'n'Bunnies Blocks" - alphabet blocks with toy/doll bunnies on them.
Country Stitch, Mar/Apr 1991, page 7, "Miracle of Every Day" sampler features a garden, w/ rows of vegetables and a nice row of bunnies and flowers above a row of carrots.
Country Stitch, Premier Issue (1990), page 8, "Country Sachets" - 4 animal designs, one a rabbit. Semi-realistic, grey.
Cross Stitch & Country Crafts, April 1993, page 24, "Designer Profile" (Alma Lynne Hayden) - two plump white buns, almost realistic, with wreaths of flowers around their necks.
Cross Stitch & Country Crafts, Mar/Apr 1991, page 15, Gentle Meagerie - a stack of 5 animals, the top one is a bunny, which can be stitched separately.
Cross Stitch & Country Crafts, Mar/Apr 1991, page 6, Springtime Fancies - 2 designs for barrettes, one is a bunny wearing a bow and a hat full of flowers. The design is small enough to be an ornament.
Cross Stitch & Country Crafts, Nov/Dec 1991, page 5, "Christmas Imps" - 2 Christmas ornaments, one of which is a bunny in a wreath.
Cross Stitch & Country Crafts, Nov/Dec 1992, page 17, "Country Grace" - large sampler-style picture, of a Thanksgiving prayer, with a border of fall leaves and a few animals, including a cute, semi-realistic bunny. The bunny is about 25x28 stitches.
Cross Stitch Christmas, 1994, page 34, "Bunnies, Cats & Dogs" - three designs, one of two semi-realistic bunnies, with red bows and a green checked border - christmassy. 33hx50w - could be an ornament.
Cross Stitch Collectibles, Winter 1992, "Woodland Sampler" on page 22 is 2 bunny silhouettes, similar to Prairie Schooler designs. Page 23, "Jack Rabbit" is a silhouetted rabbit leaping over a cactus, with a border of southwestern-style lizards. (Pix for both on page 36.)
Cross Stitch Plus, March 1993, page 23, "God Bless The Animals" - a prayer and picture, sampler size, the picture is a realistic lop-eared rabbit.
Cross Stitch! Number Three, Feb/Mar 1991, page 6-7, "Bunny Towels and Towel Holder" - a border design for a towel, of two rabbits wearing caps and carrying flowers, and a large design to go in the center of a wooden towel holderm of a bunny doll wearing an old-fashioned dress and mobcap.
Cross Stitch! , what do these people have against dates, anyway??, page 10, "Oh What Fun" - a picture of a bunny doll/toy on a little red sled.
Cross-Stitch Christmas 1990, pages 22-23, "Merry Bunnies" - 3 rabbits in Fair-Isle sweaters and caps, ice-skating - very cute. Each individual rabbit is about 30x60 stitches, and could be done on 14-, 15- or 18-count cloth for a Xmas ornament.
Cross-Stitch Plus, Aug/Sep 1991, page 44, "Barnyard Babies Ensemble" - 4 animals, including a bunny with a heart.
Just Cross Stitch, December 1990, page 36, "Holiday Fun." 4 small pix of animals, including a rabbit in a Santa suit on ice skates.
Leisure Arts Magazine, October 1992, page 10-11, "Tangled Hare." Large picture of 3 realistic rabbits - one caught in branches, other two nibbling away at the branches.
Leisure Arts, August 1991, page 8, "Just for Ewe" - 2 pictures featuring sheep, one of which is a rabbit and sheep with a heart, and the caption, "Some Bunny Loves Ewe."
Leisure Arts, Oct. 1991, Page 13 - "Having Fun" - a masked cartoon rabbit popping out of a jack-o-lantern.
Leisure Arts, undated pages, page 22, "Daughters Day" - an afghan to stitch, featuring a row of bunny girls in pinafores and saddle shoes.
Leisure Arts, which doesn't put the date on the page bottoms!! (But probably a 1996 or 1997 issue) Page 14, Lorraine Birmingham (featured designer): 8 small cute animals, 4 are bunnies - intended to be stitched on baby items. All are wearing clothes and have toys or other items.
Mary Hickmott's New Stitches (British), Issue Three, page 76, Design Library - a sampling of spring motifs, including 2 brown rabbits.
McCall's Creative Cross Stitch, Vol 45 (1990), page 6, "Nursery Rhymes" - designs for baby bibs,totes, afghan, all of cute pastel bunnies.
Needlecraft (British), July 1996, center pull-out section, Quick & Easy - 6 wildlife designs, one a rabbit - very realistic. Design is about 27x30 stitches, could be an ornament.
Quick & Easy Cross Stitch (U.K.), August 1996, page 59, "Beach Babies." Animal designs to go on baby bibs, sippers, hats, includes a lavender rabbit doll, about 25x30 stitches.
Stoney Creek Cross Stitch, Jan/Feb 1994, front cover, "Winter Frolic" - large picture of winter scene, cardinals and bluejays and a realistic binkying white wild rabbit. Very attractive, and uses tweeded floss (combining threads from different colors) - a serious undertaking!Chart starts on page 30.
Stoney Creek Cross Stitch, Jan/Feb 1994, page 5, "Surprise encounter" - large picture of a boy peeking at several winter animals near a tree, including a rabbit.
The Cross Stitcher, April 1993, page 6, "Dazzling Bunny" - white rabbit, not quite realistic, surrounded by fat carrots and Easter aggs.
The Stitchery Magazine, January 1997, page 55, "Woodland Tapestry" - large picture of 2 rabbits and 2 squirrels, with leaves and vines. Individual rabbits are about 35x30.
The Stitchery Magazine, March 1997, page ??, "Weathervane" - picture of a rabbit weathervane, white rabbit with bow. Pic is 72x72, but rabbit is 24hx46, could be an ornament.
Women's Circle Counted Cross Stitch, April 1990, page 3, "Rabbit in the Garden" sampler. Page 4, "Sweet Baby" designs for hooded towel and border towel, featuring cute white rabbit wearing a ribbon, and "Baby Afghan and Pillow" where one square of the afghan is a rabbit with a heart in the center.



[bunny orn.]

The bunny ornament to the left is my own simple design, in needlepoint
on plastic canvas. If you click on the picture, it will take you to a full-size photo of it, which is large enough for you to use as a pattern.

 

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