"Cerise en Ligne" — Cherry Row Bunny Hand-Embroidered Heirloom Barrette
Some compositions are about abundance — about the particular joy of more. Cerise en Ligne is that kind of piece: a row of cherries, a bunny at the center, and a border of pearls that frames it all with the seriousness it deserves.
The Story Behind the Stitch
This rectangular barrette is built around a central narrative: a hand-sculpted bunny face — needle-felted from soft wool fibers and brushed to a plush, cloud-like finish — presides over a row of five dimensional embroidered cherries. Three cherries line the left, two the right, each one stitched in deep cardinal red with hand-worked brown stems and delicate white leaf accents rendered in fine satin stitch. The asymmetry is intentional — it gives the composition life and movement, as though the bunny has just arrived and the cherries have arranged themselves around it.
Scattered freshwater pearls punctuate the denim-blue base fabric, and a single aqua crystal bead catches the light near the bunny’s cheek — a detail so small it rewards only the closest attention. The entire perimeter is finished with a hand-strung pearl border, its uniform roundness giving the piece a formal, finished quality that elevates the playful subject matter.
The rectangular format with softly rounded corners is distinctive within the Heirloom Bloom Collection — wider and more horizontal than the oval pieces, it sits differently in the hair and reads as a statement from across a room.
This Piece
This embroidered barrette is a one-of-a-kind design — only one piece in this exact composition is currently available. Each piece in the Heirloom Bloom Collection is individually hand-embroidered by a single artisan, making every one genuinely unique in its details, texture, and character.
Product Details
- Technique: Needle felting, hand embroidery, bead embroidery, satin stitch
- Embellishments: Needle-felted bunny, dimensional embroidered cherries, freshwater pearls, aqua crystal accent, hand-strung pearl border
- Base: Denim-blue woven textile
- Clip mechanism: French barrette (snap-close), rectangular format
- Size: approximately 5 cm
- Suitable for: Ages 3 and up; fine to thick hair
- Origin: Artisan-made, small-batch studio
Care Instructions
Spot clean only. Do not wet the needle-felted bunny — moisture may distort the fibers. Store flat in the included keepsake box. Handle pearl border gently — do not pull or snag.
Cerise en Ligne arrives in a Kada Boutique keepsake box, gift-wrapped and ready — because the best things come in the best packaging.
If this piece has made you smile, it is already doing its job.
