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. 

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:

• 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:

• Lazy Daisy stitch
• French knots
• Blanket stitch for sewing

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.

• 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.

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.

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.

• Then, add four more petals between the ones you made.

• Repeat on the second shape of the egg.

5 Embroider the leaves

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

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

• 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.

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.

Your Easter Egg decoration is ready!

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