Decorated Easter eggs in felt
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Sew these pretty Easter eggs in pastel felt and decorate them with different details, such as small flower embroidery, white rocaille seed beads and satin ribbon bows. Afterwards, stuff the eggs and sew them together.
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How to do it
1 Place the pattern on top of the felt egg and create the pattern by piercing through the stencil with a pencil.
2 Divide the embroidery thread into three parts so that you are embroidering with two threads.
3 Now can now start making mille fleur stitches. Start by pulling the needle through the centre of the flower from the back.
4 Now insert the needle through the centre of the flower again and pull it through one of the dots along the edge of the flower.
5 Pull the thread through to create a small loop in the middle of the flower and then pull the needle through this loop.
6 Secure the mille fleur stitch by inserting the needle back through the hole in the outer circle.
7 Pull the thread to tighten it.
8 Now insert the needle through the centre of the flower again from the back.
9 Repeat the process with the next dot along the edge of the flower.
10 Once the flowers are finished, secure the thread on the back by inserting the needle through the centre of the flower.
11 Finish each flower by sewing a bead in the middle.
12 Sew a few beads onto the egg wherever you like. Repeat the same process on the other side of the egg.
13 Now sew beads onto the pink felt egg to create small dots.
14 Make a bow out of satin ribbon. Cut 30 cm of satin ribbon and fold it with the smooth side up as shown in the picture.
15 Fold in half and tie a piece of 3 mm satin ribbon around the centre of the bow.
16 Tie a double knot.
17 Cut off the ends of the bow.
18 Finish the ends by carefully melting the cut edge.
19 Sew the bow onto the middle of the egg. There should only be a bow on one side of the egg.
20 On the green felt egg, sew beads as dots on both green felt pieces.
21 Sew the egg together with buttonhole stitches. First insert the needle through the two pieces of felt.
22 Before pulling the thread all the way through, pull the needle through the loop that is formed, as shown in the picture.
23 Tighten the thread and repeat. There should be around 3 mm between each stitch.
24 Cut 3 mm of satin ribbon for hanging and tie a knot to form a loop.
25 Fill the egg with doll stuffing, insert the hanging loop into the egg and sew it into the egg.
26 Finish the egg by sewing the last few buttonhole stitches.
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