Grey shabby bunny keychain

Silver thread on grey tulle, seen up close

From across a room the skirt reads as plain grey. Up close, a silver floral embroidery worked tone on tone runs through the tulle: stems, leaves and small open flowers, picked out thread by thread. Several layers of tulle sit one on top of another, and that is what gives the skirt its fullness.

A scalloped hem and two pearl beads

The hem is finished with embroidered lace cut into even arcs that follow it all the way round. Two grey pearl beads are stitched onto the tulle at mid-height, one slightly above the other, close enough to catch the light together.

A grey shabby bunny keychain, 20 cm tall

The rabbit is short-pile grey plush, with long ears that fall to either side, black eyes and a beige stitched muzzle. It stands 20 centimetres tall. Under the chin sits a navy satin bow, the only dark note on the whole piece, and next to it a clear faceted rhinestone held in a small gold-tone flower, with four ribbon roses in pink, lilac, coral and olive.

Plain grey at the back

Turn it round and little changes: the plush stays the same grey, the ears lie flat across the back, and the lace is finished on that side as carefully as at the front rather than left raw. It looks the same whichever way it ends up facing on a strap.

On a bag strap or in a coat pocket

Hanging from a bag strap, the skirt opens into a bell under its own weight and swings with the bag. On keys kept in a coat pocket it takes up far more room than a flat metal charm, so it works better clipped where it shows than buried out of sight. The rest of them are gathered on the page that keeps the plush rabbits together.

If you would rather compare materials than colours, step up a level to the shelf where metal charms sit beside the plush ones.