The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

In the midst of working on two 60-hour professional development courses I decided to make a stuffed rabbit.  Not just any stuffed rabbit, but Edward Tulane.  In the spring our class was reading "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" and it seemed like having a "real" rabbit who changed as the book progressed would make it more interesting for the class.

Edward as himself.

Thankfully I found a rabbit panel at the thrift store just before I started looking at patterns.  Actually, the sewing helped keep my sanity during the early weeks of the courses as well.  The panel included a dress and pantaloons, which I used as a loose idea for the various changes of clothing for Edward.

Edward as Susanna

The pants made from a handkerchief was the most fun.  I used a real handkerchief!

Edward as Jangles

 The kids seemed to look forward to seeing what Edward would look like each day.  One little girl asked me if I re-colored the clothes each day.

Edward at the end of his journey

Fast forward to the end of the school year and I remade the dress to be the right color for the story and I found the book on CD at the book sale at the local library.

I hope next year's class enjoys him as much as this year's class.

I got it all packaged up and gifted Edward and his wardrobe and the CD set to my lead teacher as a thank you.  It is one of her favorites and seemed appropriate.

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