Easter egg felt decoration
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Easter Egg with daisies felt decoration

DIY embroidery and sewing tutorial with free pattern download

Easter is coming!

I like to decorate my home for upcoming Easter celebrations. One of my favorite decor elements is felt ornaments that I hang on the tree branch in the vase. You can use the dried branch or pick a fresh tree branch and make it sprout at home. I have used these Easter egg felt decorations for years now. And every year, I get a lot of compliments for the original and sustainable decor! After the season ends, I keep them in a fabric bag in a drawer until the following spring. 

Easter egg  and bunny felt decorations on a branch
Easter egg and bunny felt decorations on a branch

Would you like to make these decorations to decorate your Easter tree or make a special gift for your friends and family? Download a pattern from the Practical Embroidery free resource library and follow the tutorial below. 

Tools and materials you will need for this project:

Tools and materials for Easter egg felt decoration project
Tools and materials for Easter egg felt decoration project
  • Printed pattern. Sign up for my newsletter and download a free printable Egg with daisies pattern with the color guide. 
  • White felt material, 8 x 12 cm (3,2 x 5 inches)
  • Embroidery floss. I use DMC cotton floss. You will find the color codes of my suggested color combinations under the printable pattern.
  • White sewing thread.
  • Embroidery needle. I recommend using needle No. 8 for two strands of embroidery floss.
  • Sharp big needle, big enough to accommodate a ribbon.
  • Paper scissors, fabric shears to cut the felt, and embroidery scissors for the floss.
  • Ribbon – 30 cm (12 inches).
  • Wooden or plastic bead with a large hole that accommodates a ribbon.
  • Some stuffing material (polyester stuffing, cotton, or similar).
  • A couple of pins.

Embroidery stitches

For this project, we will use the following:

If you are unfamiliar with these hand embroidery stitches, click on the names of the stitches to learn more about each stitch and watch a video tutorial on how to embroider them. 

Step-by-step tutorial

1 Prepare the pattern

  • Download the pattern from the Practical Embroidery library. 
  • Print the pattern.
  • Cut out the shape of the egg pattern.

2 Transfer the pattern to the fabric

  • With a large sharp needle, make holes in the dots that mark the center of the flower.
Prepare the pattern of Easter egg felt decoration
Make holes for the pattern transfer
  • Place the model on the felt material and trace a shape around it./
  • Through the spots that you made, mark the center of each Daisy. 
  • Turn the pattern (you need a mirror shape for the second part of the egg) and repeat the steps.
Transfer Easter egg felt decoration pattern to the fabric
Transfer Easter egg felt decoration pattern to the fabric

TIP. Use a friction pen to transfer, as it is easy to erase later with an iron.

3 Embroider French knots

  • Embroider French knots on every dot you have transferred.
  • Repeat on the second shape of the egg.
Embroider French knots
Embroider French knots

Note. Do not make jumping threads between the shapes. We will cut them out after the embroidery is finished.

4 Embroider the petals

  • First, embroider four detached chain stitches at an angle of 90 degrees around the French knot.
Make four petals with the Detached chain stitch
Make four petals with the Detached chain stitch
  • Then, add four more petals between the ones you made.
Embroider petals with Lazy daisy stitch
Embroider petals with Lazy daisy stitch
  • Repeat on the second shape of the egg.
Embroidered daisies
Embroidered daisies

5 Embroider the leaves

  • Add some additional chain stitches with the green thread – the leaves.
Embroider the leaves with detached chain stitch
Embroider the leaves with detached chain stitch

6 Assemble the Egg ornament

  • Cut out from the felt both parts of the Egg with embroidered Daisies. 
  • Remove the tracing marks. Friction pen marks are easy to remove with a hot hairdryer or an iron. 
  • Put both parts together with the embroidery facing outside and sew them with a Blanket stitch. Use the white sewing thread
Sew the ornament with blanket stitch
Sew the ornament with blanket stitch
  • At the bottom, leave a hole for stuffing.
  • Put the stuffing material inside the Egg and finish sewing.
  • Secure the last stitch under the first and hide the thread between the layers.
Add some stuffing and close the hole
Add some stuffing and close the hole

7 add a ribbon

  • Thread a ribbon into the large sharp needle and pass it through the felt material at the top of the Egg.
  • Put a wooden bead on top.
Add a ribbon to the felt ornament
Add a ribbon to the felt ornament

Your Easter Egg decoration is ready!

Make several felt decorations with embroidery of different colors and decorate your Easter tree!

Easter egg felt decoration with colored embroideries
Easter egg felt decoration with colored embroideries