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:
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!
