Last year, I shared how I made an Easter egg out of fabric that you could fill with candies or other goodies. This year, I found MORE fabric eggs! Since I’m now a machine embroidery enthusiast, I found so many great patterns from Sweet Pea Embroidery and tried them out!
Here are five types of fabric eggs you can make to celebrate Easter, and some of them you can even color yourself (instead of using real eggs!).
Stuffed Easter Eggs
These stuffed eggs are an excellent alternative for using in Easter egg hunts! The pattern comes in 4×4 or 5×5 sizes and is much easier to make than it looks. There are six panels in the download, and you only need four for each egg. You can customize the egg to your liking. As with all Sweet Pea Embroidery patterns, the instructions are very detailed and include photos to help ensure your eggs come out great.
With the pieces being on the bias and having to sew curves, I was really nervous about this one. I couldn’t find my darn 4×4 hoop for this one (I finally found it somewhere it wasn’t supposed to be!), so I made mine 5×5. It’s a bit larger than I imagined. I think the 4×4 one would have been more of an egg size. Either way, these really came out well, and the thread and fabric color choices gave them a real spring feel. I only finished one of them, as the glue I was using for my seams was old and didn’t hold up as well as I had hoped!
Here’s are the panels before sewing together.
My tip for this pattern is to make sure you pin really really well, and make sure you have good glue for the seams.
Here’s my completed egg. I like the way it came out, but not happy with my hand stitching to close it up. I need to perfect that before I finish the second one that I started. The hand stitching shows since there is no back to this pattern.
Mylar Easter Ornaments
This pattern comes with more than just Easter eggs—there are also bunnies! This is a great way to add some bling to your Easter decorations, as the Mylar adds sparkle and shine. It also looks different depending on the color of fabric you put underneath it and the thread you use to stitch over it. I love anything embroidered with Mylar!
I made both of the egg patterns and the bunny pattern. The instructions say you can use either tear-away or soluble stabilizer. I used the tear-away and also followed the directions on using a lighter to get rid of the fuzzies that were on the edges.
This is an in the hoop design, so the only extra thing I had to do was add the ribbon!
Easter Egg Globe Decorations
Why should ornaments be relegated to just Christmas? You can make an Easter tree to hang these ornaments, hang them around the house, or attach them to an Easter basket. You can always customize these with names, instead of them saying “Happy Easter”.
I found these really adorable, small bunny-shaped glitter on Amazon for these ornaments. Technically, they are for nail art, but they work perfectly inside the globes.
The pattern comes in two versions and includes two sets of instructions. Both versions use PVC to cover the globe. The PVC version, however, uses PVC on both the front and the back, making the ornament see-through, like an actual snow globe. With the fabric version you can use PVC, mesh or nothing on top. It depends on if you want to include some type of glitter/confetti or not.
Redwork Eggs Mug Rugs
This pattern can be used to create either mug rugs or placemats. The best part of this pattern is that you can color them instead of real eggs! This can be a really fun project with kids, where each one gets their own mug rug to color. If you make mug rugs, the backing is added in the hoop, with just a small section of stitching needed on the bottom. You can sew these closed by hand, use fabric glue, or do what I did and just use your sewing machine to close it up.
I haven’t tried any redwork embroidery before, but this pattern is super easy! There’s no thread color changes, unless you want to use a different thread for stitching down the batting and fabric. There are six different patterns to choose from.
The two that I colored, I tried different methods. Next time I think I’m going to purchase some specific fabric markers. There are a lot to choose from, so if you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them!
Inktense Pencils
I have these Inktense pencils I had seen online and had never tried. You use it like any standard coloring pencil, and then use a brush dipped in water to paint with it! Here’s the video I initially watched about Inktense pencils and quilting.
Sharpie Markers
Sharpie permanent markers were the other way I colored in some of the eggs. Thanks to the tip, I was able to ensure I got into the small section of the eggs. I read somewhere that when coloring fabric with Sharpie permanent markers you should iron them to set the ink. I haven’t tried washing these mug rugs, so I’m not sure if the ink is truly set. What I did find with using the Sharpies is that the ink bled. I wasn’t expecting that, and I also wasn’t expecting to hate the smell so much! I know that Sharpies smell, but it was a bit overpowering when trying to color the eggs.
Easter Egg Shaped Coasters
There are 4 different patterns available for these egg shaped coasters, an egg, a chick, a sheep and a bunny.
They are purchased separately, and can be made into coasters, plushies, or even ornaments. It’s a complete in the hoop design, the only thing you will have to do separately is hand sew the seams close in the back. I wasn’t as concerned with my hand stitching skills with these, since the seam is in the back.
I made two of them in my 4×4 hoop and two of them in my 5×7 hoop. These were extremely easy to make, and so adorable!
The biggest tip I can provide is if you are planning on making these as an ornament, don’t forget (like I did!) to add your ribbon before you put the backing into the hoop and stitch it down. The instructions are clear, and even tell you how to do it…. I just forgot!
I hope you found this post helpful and that you get to make some of these eggs!
Happy Embroidering!
Didi
