Ever since I published the e-book Easter 2025, one of my lovely stalkers had been spamming my phone with Easter bunnies because she wanted the corners for a placemat: the baskets from 2025 would slide down the sides. I tried to procrastinate. Then I tried to ignore the three photos a day, making up despicable excuses, creative and plausible excuses, unpostponable deadlines, headaches. Finally, the moment of surrender arrived, and on a day when I was supposed to be planning for Christmas, I drew a bunny.

I was afraid that embroidering characters would reveal my limitations and that I would transform an adorable furry little face into a monstrous, deformed scribble that would haunt my nightmares for years, creeping stealthily in the dark with a soft but chilling laugh. I don’t think my bunny is perfect, but it’s acceptable enough for decorative purposes. I discovered that good results can be achieved through drastic simplification, breaking down the areas and defining priorities. In the photos, I show the first steps, which are the most important ones. First, I embroidered the details. I know, I know… I would never have done that either! But this simple operation ensures that we don’t turn the character into the hunchback of Notre Dame. Obviously, I’ll have to be careful not to affect the lines already embroidered with the other stitches, but it’s not difficult at all. Then I broke down the areas… Note the bunny’s forehead: it is nothing more than the usual petal that we use to embroider in long and short stitch in any floral subject. Around the muzzle there are radial stitches as if to fill the area of a crown and for the rest… Just decide with the direction lines where to place the stitches, avoiding (with the logic of simplification) introducing accentuated curves!