Ruffled Fabric Easter Eggs
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I have a fabulously easy Easter craft for you today! With just a few fabric scraps and some hot glue you can make these Ruffled Fabric Easter eggs. They are perfect for display and will add color and texture to your Easter decor.
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We are starting to do a little decorating around the house for Easter, as I was pulling everything out, I came across a bunch of plastic eggs from last year. I have seen these types of eggs decorated and displayed so many different ways. I thought it could be a great craft to use some of the fabric scraps I had been hanging on to.
I experimented a bit on the best way to make ruffles and add them to the eggs. I tried ruffling the fabric on my sewing machine, but didn’t care for how much the gathering thread showed. (This was the olive green egg- you can see it in the photos below.) I finally decided to use a hot glue method for the ruffle. (It’s the same method I used on this no-sew tote bag.) Using the hot glue saved me a step and I think it looks prettier since you don’t see the gathering thread.
To make the eggs, you need:
- 2 inch plastic eggs
- hot glue/hot glue gun
- fabric scraps
Instructions:
Cut the fabric into 3/4 to 1 inch wide (the longer the better.) When I didn’t have a long enough piece of fabric to work with, I just cut a 2-inch strip down the middle and opened it like this to make one long strip:
Step 1: Add a dot of glue to the top of the egg.
Step 2: Place the end of a ruffle strip in the glue and let it harden.
Step 3: Right under the edge of the of the fabric strip you already glued, add a 1 inch line of hot glue around the egg. (Caution: Hot glue is hot, I recommend these
or these accesories to protect your fingers.)
Step 4: Place the fabric strip in the glue and slide the strip down until it is ruffled. Keep doing this around the egg until the entire egg is ruffled.
Step 5: Cut off any extra fabric, leaving just enough to add a dot of glue to the bottom of the egg and arrange the fabric so no egg is showing.
That’s it! Isn’t it pretty? (Now I just need to make a bunch more!)
They look so pretty, I thought a big bowl of bright Easter eggs would be the perfect Spring centerpiece for my kitchen table.
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So lovely.
this is wonderful I have added your project to my mommynmeblog.com for my other viewers to see
What a fun idea! We'd love it if you'd share this at our link party – Home is Where the Heart is! http://www.homesteadsimple.com/home-is-where-the-heart-is-link-it-up-wednesdays-1/
Not bad at all.
CUTE!!!
Thank you so much for sharing. Loving this idea!
I am featuring your beautiful eggs today if would like to hop over and grab your featured button!
Amy@homehappyhome
So cute and what a fun idea! We loved having you join us for "Strut Your Stuff Saturday." Hope to see you again soon! -The Sisters
Very pretty indeed! Something I never thought of and now wish I had! Great job.
I love these Jaime! You have such great ideas! I am a color fanatic so these suit me fine :o)
Thanks for linking up this week – hope to see you back this week!
STacey of Embracing Change
These are so pretty!! What a great idea!
Jamie,
Thanks for sharing this fabulous tutorial at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy! I loved it so much that I selected it as one of my featured posts this week!
Can't wait to see more of your creativity in action! 🙂
Ramona
Create With Joy
http://create-with-joy.com
I want to feature these on an easter egg roundup I'm doing! Embracingmessy.blogspot.com. Please email me and let me know if this is ok at embracingmessy@gmail.com!
These are adorable! Thanks for linking up at whimsy wednesday!
Amy@homehappyhome
Oh my goodness! These are so cute! They'd go brilliantly with the Bunny & Duckling I made for easter!
Cass
http://casscansew.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/easter-project-dilly-daddle-duckling.html
Completely adorable!
Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
Really beautiful project! Brilliant idea and the fabrics are delicious! Angie xo
How cute!
Renonda@Snickety Things
I love the ruffled eggs!!! Pinning it!
These are adorable!! I love them. I love that you chose such bright happy fabrics too.