Thursday, February 10, 2011

Primitive Easter Eggs!

I decided to finally take the rest of my Christmas items down and redecorate.
It has been a rough winter and still sore, but tired of my house, so cleaning a bit at a time and one way to make it fun, is to make new things to decorate with and as you can see, I am ready for spring and the first thing is Eggs to fill my baskets with.

I got an idea and it is something anyone can do, quick and easy and a great way to use up scraps.
I started by using card stock and drawing some egg shapes onto it. If you can't draw one, you can find them on the internet.

I used weavers cloth, I have a ton of primitive white that is no good for punching, but perfect for this.
Double your cloth and lay the egg shape on top. I used an art pen to trace around the egg, you can use anything, it won't show.
Then I marked the front and back, so that I used the right side which is important when you sew them together. My eggs are asymmetrical so I need to make sure that they fit when I sew the edges.

Next is the fun part. Get out your scraps and cut them into any shape you like and lay them over the fabric egg. Pin the pieces down and turn it over. Cut off the excess fabric around the egg, that helps when sewing. Now you can sew down your pieces. You can do a blanket stitch, whipstitch or make it fancy like a crazy quilt. You can tuck the edges of your fabric or sew over the raw edges. Once you have your pieces sewn, you can trim your eggs by following the white fabric.

Then you sew them, front sides together on your sewing machine, leaving an opening on the bottom. Stuff them and sew up the bottom and you have primitive eggs of your own. Another method I use is to sew scraps together until I have a size, large enough for the egg. Then I use a piece of batting and using black floss, stitch around the edges to give it a quilted look. Then sew them together. You can also use tea stained fabric or ticking and do a prim stitchery to make eggs. There are endless possibilities. I really think if you are adept with crazy quilting, this would be beautiful done with embellishments, as well. My method is the lazy way to do crazy quilting;)

I decided not to stain these eggs, they are darker in real life, but lighter in the picture. This is a dark area, so I like a little pop of color. The bunnies are ones I made last year, but I think some prim bunnies would look nice on the bench too. I am also adding a few more eggs to the pile.


12 comments:

primitivebettys said...

Very fun! I do have some of the weaver's cloth that is un-punchable. It seems too think or something. I just may have to try this! Thanks Debbie! :)

acorn hollow said...

So cute. I need to light a fire under me to get some things done.
Cathy

moosecraft said...

Fabulous idea, Debbie! And, very doable too! I like the quilt the basket is resting on too!

Sassafras and Winterberry said...

These are adorable! You could get on a roll with these...heart ones for Valentines (made really quickly!) then onto Easter...then who knows! Fun and doable idea.
Courtney

Linda said...

Great decorating idea! I love how prim they turned out!

Chelle (Dana) said...

Love your eggs! I've been tossing around an idea of using wool and making some eggs. I really like yours, so will have to give it a try too.

Lori said...

Such a cute project! Thanks for sharing.

Terry said...

Love the eggs! I need to do something for Easter! :0)

Joanne said...

Great eggs!

Soggibottom said...

Love this idea, although it made me smile, I wonder how long it will be before "someone" decides to hook them out of the basket :-) x x x

Joanne Lendaro said...

Love the way they turned out!

Shelley said...

Oh MY goodness!! Love your eggs and bunnies! Thanks for the tuttie!