Easter: Fabric Eggs

We all love to decorate the house at Christmas time, so why not decorate at Easter too. Today's post is a fast, easy and cheap way to decorate your home this Easter. If you have lots of fabric scraps lying about then this is a great chance to use them. Other than decorating another great use for these eggs is for an Easter egg hunt, why not hide them? Whoever finds the most fabric eggs wins a chocolate egg! Or...all people who sew need cute pincushions, you can NEVER have too many pincushions!

Anyway let's get on with the fun part; how to make them!

Materials:

Colourful fabric. (You really won't need much fabric, however it all depends on how many eggs you decide to make)

Needle and thread

Basket/Bowl (I got mine from Abakhan secret sale for 50p)

Shredded paper/tulle/organza
Template

Cutting your fabric

Here's a template I've made so that you can print it easily. However it really is an easy shape to draw. Just draw an oval shape with pointed ends, and make the bottom of the oval slightly wider (because eggs aren't symmetric/uniform).

Trace the egg shape onto your fabric and mark where the two dots are. When cutting out your ovals be sure to cut with the grain line going in the direction demonstrated on the template. When I cut out the ovals I like to mark (on the wrong side) which way up the piece should face i.e. widest part at the bottom.

For each egg you will need 4 of these shapes. I decided to use two different face the egg shape onto your fabric and mark where the two dots are. When cutting out your ovals be sure to cut with the grain line going in the direction demonstrated on the template. When I cut out the ovals I like to mark (on the wrong side) which way up the piece should face i.e. widest part at the bottom.