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Peekaboo Bunny got an upgrade!

Peekaboo Bunny was the very first of the Peekaboo friends. In the two years since he was released, I have heard from a lot of you about what would make him even better, so he has had an upgrade!

First, what you care most about – YES, previous purchases can get the updated version at no charge. Keep reading for the details about how.

What changed?

  • Each of the designs after the bunny have a step to tack the body fabric down before adding the face, feet, etc. This helps keep everything nice and smooth and prevents puckering and other mishaps. This has now been added to PAB bunny.
  • I have moved the placement and tackdown stitches just a smidge. In the past, if there was any puckering, sometimes those lines showed up just a little bit on the front of the bunny. That won’t happen anymore.
  • SATIN OUTLINES – this is the biggie that most of you have been waiting for! Yes, you can now use a full smooth satin stitch on his feet and ears, like you can on all of the others.
  • There was one change made very quickly after the bunny was released – originally both arms stitched in one step and then both ears. On machines with a lower foot clearance, moving back and forth across the hoop like that was causing the foot to get caught and pull the project out – not fun! As soon as I understood what was happening, I switched how it stitches out and that is no longer an issue and hasn’t been since a few days after the first release. If you have a version that does this, you DEFINITELY want to grab the updated file.

How do I get the updated file?

I anticipate hundreds of people wanting the updated version, so I need your help to get them out as quickly as possible.

  • If you purchased the bunny in or after May 2016, you are in luck! Just log into your account and the new version will be available in your downloads. You are looking for a file named Peekaboo_Bunny-ACM-updated-2-5-17.zip
  • If you purchased it before May 2016 OR you purchased it on Etsy, I need your help. With the site crash in May 2016, accounts were wiped out. If you need access to designs you purchased before then, please contact me and I can restore them manually, one by one – not a fast or easy process, but I am willing to do it.
    • The fastest way to get the updated file is to find your email receipt from your original purchase and REPLY with a note that you want the updated file. If you do that, I can just reply to you with it attached. I will be working through these messages first to get the most people as quickly as I can.
    • If you do NOT have the email receipt, you can use the Contact Us link to send me a message with the name and email address you used as well as if it was purchased on the website or Etsy. I will have to search my email to confirm purchases – not that I don’t believe you, but a few scammers ruin it for everyone 🙁 This will take me much longer, so if you have either the email or a screen shot of your purchase information, you will get your file much faster.

I have a good chunk of time set aside to send out files over the next few days and will get them to you as quickly as humanly possible, please remember that I am one person helping as many as I can, as quickly as I can.

I don’t have this design! Where do I get it?!?

You can get your very own copy of the new and improved Peekaboo Bunny right HERE and make sure you check out the rest of his friends in the Peekaboos category.

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Hello world

I should probably introduce myself here. My name is Ann and I have rarely met a craft I didn’t want to try! By day, you’ll find me homeschooling our 3 kids, taking care of 2 dogs and 2 ferrets and happily married to 1 great man. I am also working towards my Black Belt in Taekwondo. Whenever I have a chance, I’m in my sewing room or on the computer working on a new design.

I started sewing in my early 20s when I got a wild hair to learn quilting. Why, I have no idea, but I loved it. I am red/green colorblind, which has always made anything artistic a challenge, but with quilting, I could choose bright cheerful fabrics where the color was easy to see. I started venturing into decorative sewing and clothes after I had my first baby. When she was almost two and I was pregnant with my second daughter, I discovered machine embroidery. I saved up and bought a Brother 180-D in November 2004. I bought digitizing software not long after and was promptly in way over my head and set it aside for years but still loved my machine and eventually upgraded to a Babylock with a 5×7 hoop. Fast forward to 2011 and I was introduced to In the Hoop embroidery. Suddenly I had motivation to try again with the digitizing software because there were not very many ITH designs on the market at that time and for some reason it clicked! That was the beginning of my true crafty love – digitizing, particularly In the Hoop designs.

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Use the Peekaboo Design to make a Lovie

Did you know that you can use all of those Peekaboo Designs you already own to make lovies? I am going to be releasing them as a separate design for those who want files for blankets and want it all set up for them, but if you want to use a pre-made blanket or have a blanket file from another design, you can actually use the Peekaboo files that you already have. I wrote up some instructions in case anyone is interested in hacking a bit. I actually think it is even easier than making a Peekaboo.

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Download the instructions HERE: peekaboo_to_lovie_acm

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Where did it go?

Unfortunately our website crashed and we have been unable to revive it. We are working as fast as we can to restore it. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have purchases that were not downloaded, please email me and I will send them to you ASAP. You can find the email address in your paypal or the receipt that was emailed to you at the time of purchase. I will just need to know the email address that you used to make your purchase. Thank you for your patience, we’ll be back as soon as we can!

You can find most designs in our Etsy shop