YOU WILL NEED:
1 Charm Pack or large scraps (shown with Happy Ever After by Riley Blake)
A large scrap of batting
Ribbon or embroidery floss
A water soluble Marking pen
A pair of pinking shear
Printed Easter Bunting Templates (Just click on the link to print the templates)
First off, you need to decide on a layout. The fun part about this bunting is you can mix it up any way you want. Do as many bunnies, chicks, and/or eggs as you like in any order you like. The template includes the bunnies and chicks facing both left and right so remember that when you are determining your layout.
Once you have decided on what figures you want in your bunting . . . you are ready to start tracing your templates. There are 2 ways to trace your templates. You can either . . .
Cut the template out and lay it on your fabric and trace around the template.
Or, you can tape the template in a window or on a light box and then tape the fabric in front of the template and simply trace the template outline.
However many figures you cut out, cut the same amount of 5" x 5" batting squares from your scrap of batting and also gather the same amount of 5" x 5" charms or scraps to be used as the back of your bunting.
Now, you get to make some mini quilt sandwiches :) Layer a mini sandwich with the backing charm right side down, followed by a batting square on top of that, and then the traced fabric on top with right side up. Put some safety pins in it to baste the sandwich.
Now, decide on what colors you want to stitch on each figure. It is helpful to use bold and bright colors that will stand out on the print. Stitch a straight stitch directly on top of the traced line of each sandwich. Be sure to back stitch a few stitches at the beginning and end to secure it in place. If you have a walking foot it would come in handy here :) Hint . . . If you can stitch the eggs without raising your presser foot you will get a much smoother curve and take your time on the bunny and chick and raise your presser foot lots to keep the details.
Once the outline is done it is on to the fun part!! Adding embellishments :) This is where you can totally let your creativity roam free!! But if you wanted to simply highlight the fabrics you can leave them un-stitched. The decision is totally yours so that you can get the look you want.
For the bunny and chick, I decided to keep it a little simple and just added a eye using a basic zig-zag stitch and then a straight stitch to add a leg and wing.
The eggs are a whole lot of fun to embellish!! And the options are endless. . I decided that a little Free Motion Quilting would be fun on some of the eggs. If you are new to free motion quilting this is a great time to practice!! You can see my videos on FMQ to give you some basics I did a basic loops and meandering on the first 2. (And ya, the eggs are reversible, more options :)
And with the second two I got a little fancier and did some echoed paisley's and some swirls. I just love micro stitching, it is so much fun!!
And then if you have a super fancy machine that has lots of pretty stitches that never get used . . . well now is your chance to try them out. I had a blast sewing on all these stitches that I didn't even know I had. Once again, just remember to backstitch at the beginning and end :)
Once you are finished embellishing all of your figures, grab your pinking shears and cut around the stitched edge of the figures leaving about 1/8". The eggs are simple. The bunny and chick take a little longer but come out so cute they are worth the time. Notice, I didn't cut all the way in between the chick's feet. It isn't necessary and is near impossible :)
Now, go ahead and lay your figures out according to your pre-decided layout plan. I am going to show 2 ways to stitch your bunting together. You can either . . .
Stitch each of the figures using some embroidery floss or bakers twine. Just thread your needle and go down at the edge of the stitching in the first figure and up through the edge of the stitching of the second figure. Tie a bow or a knot and then keep repeating until the entire line is sewn together.
And that is it!! Now just find a fun place to hang it and enjoy!!
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. If you make your own Easter Bunting I would love to see it. You can add it to my Inspired by Happy Quilting Flickr Group here ;) And I am linking up this finish to Amanda's :)
Thank you so much to Melissa of Lilac Lane for having me as a designer for her Easter Bunny Blog Hop. It was such a fun project to put together!! And thanks to Fave Crafts for having me as part of their hop!
And last, but certainly not least, what would a blog hop be without a Giveaway??
GIVEAWAY CLOSED - Leave a comment telling me your favorite color to dye Easter Eggs and you will be entered to win your choice of 3 of my patterns.
I will choose 3 winners on Sunday, the 10th :) One comment per person please and international entries are welcome :)
Have a Hoppy Quilting Day!!!
I really like the springing colors of blue, pink and green to dye Easter eggs. If I have to pink one it would be an eggshell blue.
ReplyDeleteIt is a tradition in my family to save one last egg and put all of the dyes together and make an ugly duckling egg. That has always been my favorite egg.
ReplyDeleteCute Easter bunting Melissa! You seem to find a way of designing things that we love! I totally enjoy your blog! My favorite Easter color would be a soft pink...that seems to be my color for 2013. Thanks for the opportunity to win some of your patterns...and have a great weekend:)
ReplyDeleteCute little project! I love purple so purple is definitely my favourite colour for Easter eggs! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial.The grandkids would love this.I like blue although we have not did much egg dyeing since our girls grew up.
ReplyDeleteI always liked the egg dying kits that made the eggs look tie-dyed with lots of colors.
ReplyDeleteI like dark blue Easter eggs. Thanks for the tutorial and giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI have never died an egg but my favourite colour is blue!
ReplyDeleteLove your tutorial. My prefered colors are pink and purple. Thanks for the opportunity to win some of your beautiful patterns !
ReplyDeleteRed and Pink! :) Thanks for this giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing the cute Easter Bunting Tutorial with all of us. It looks really easy and sure would be fun to make for Easter. My favorite color to dye Easter Eggs has to be blue. Either solid or speckled would work. I am hoping to become a winner of your generous giveaway. I want to do the happy dance and sure am ready for it to happen. Thank you for giving all of us, your followers, the chance to win your priceless patterns.
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My favorite way to dye eggs is to find a small fern, put it against the egg and wrap in old hose. Then boil the eggs in onion skins. When you take them out and remove the hose and fern you have a beautiful white fern design on a reddish tan egg. It's hard to explain, but fun and beautiful! Maybe I'll need to do a blog post about this method! :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite colors to dye Easter eggs are orange and blue! Love your patterns...thanks for a chance to win!
ReplyDeleteGosh I haven't dyed eggs in a long time! Last time I did I bought a set with tablet pill-shaped dyes that disolved in water and preto - a dyed egg!! Would like to try onion skins sometime :)
ReplyDeleteLove the project! I love coloring Easter eggs. I just get a bit nervous with all that dye and kids. It can get a bit messy! I think my favorite color would be yellow for an egg. Last year, we had a tye dye kit for the eggs that was fun. I think our fingers were more colorful than the eggs though!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute bunting! Multi-colored eggs are the most fun.
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This is a cute Easter bunting, thanks for the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteI like red eggs best.
I love the pure bright colors for Easter eggs, and quilts. Thank you for your wonderful tutorial and great giveaway. Judy C in NC
ReplyDeleteYou know, I have never actually died an easter egg before (unless I was really little and can't remember). Put I have made one of these: Pisanka, google it, they are awesome!
ReplyDeleteCute bunting! Have to make one for my office! My favorite egg dye color is light blue overcast with purple.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, when dying Easter eggs, I always pick the pink first so that must be my favorite. Thanks for the opportunity to win your giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great tutorial - thank you Melissa!
ReplyDeleteI like to dye my eggs yellow!
Green or blue. My fave colours in just about everything. :)
ReplyDeletePurple! Not usually a favorite color, but it just says Easter to me!
ReplyDeleteAqua is my favorite color for eggs...
ReplyDeleteI love the pastel colors - so springy.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Easter egg color is blue. Love the garland especially the chick and bunny. Thanks for the Spring inspiration!
ReplyDeletePurple is my favorite egg color.
ReplyDeleteI would mix the red and blue to make my Easter Eggs Purple. It was so fun to play with the dye and dip the eggs part way down and then turn them over and put a different color on the other end. Thanks for the Giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I love to dye Easter eggs with "natural" dyes -- ie onion peel, berries. Never know quilt what color I'll get, but it's lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteI would do green or blue, they say Easter to me :)
ReplyDeleteBlue! The answer is always blue.
ReplyDeletePurple! Definitely purple.
ReplyDeleteThat is just darling!!! I may have to try one of those for Easter decorating. I love yellow eggs!
ReplyDeleteLove your colors on the bunting. I'd have to say my favorite color for eggs or practically anything else is a bright pink.
ReplyDeleteblue! and you need to soak them for awhile so they're really blue! thanks for the chance, Lori
ReplyDeletei always liked to mix colors. dip it in blue for a minute, then in red. or put in it orange, then green. it gives kind of a speckle look.
ReplyDeleteI must be honest and tell you, I've never dyed eggs before, but if I were to ever do it, they would HAVE to be purple!
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Yellow eggs are my favorite... thanks for your tutorial and a great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love your tutorial. I'll definitely have to try this one. My favorite color for egg dying is purple. Thanks! hickenfam at hotmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI love lavender colored eggs. Fun tutorial and something I might try. Thanks
ReplyDeleteHow cute - can see using this technique to make all kinds of shapes for different seasons/holidays. I love the blue of course - leaving the egg in the dye for different times makes such lovely different hues.
ReplyDeleteCute Bunting! Just darling! I always end up loving the eggs that don't quite turn out the color you thought they would. Mostly I enjoy the fun my daughter and I have doing it. We always run out of eggs way too soon (not that we could actually eat any more!)
ReplyDeleteYour bunting idea is great! I love purple eggs because that is the color of royalty. Jesus is the king we celebrate at Easter!
ReplyDeletePurple is always my favorite color :) But I also like the fresh-looking greens. I've been playing with spring bunting ideas, thanks for the inspiration--and a chance to win!
ReplyDeleteCute bunting. I like the yellow eggs.
ReplyDeleteI like the green eggs cause they're harder for the kids to find on a hunt!
ReplyDeleteI like to dye my eggs pink ombre.
ReplyDeletePale purple! Thanks for the tutorial - very fun!
ReplyDeleteHmm, I like to color half yellow and half blue with a mix of green in the middle.
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I like green and pink with a dash of blue - love the patterns - thanks for the pattern giveaway - !}
ReplyDeleteLight and dark purple with a pink one thrown in :)
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial - I love pink Easter eggs. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm - I guess I would have to say hot pink!! Reminds me of azaleas (sp?) - a pink like no other!! Love your banner - I've already printed out the templates and am headed for my stash! Can't wait to get started! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win one of your patterns!
ReplyDeleteLove your bunting and tutorial!! I guess if I had to pick one color of Easter egg it would be pale blue.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that I have a favorite color--I love the dying process as much as any particular color. Thanks for the templates!
ReplyDeleteI love orange, pink, and yellow combinations, so springy!
ReplyDeleteAqua or purple for sure. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful bunting. thanks for sharing the patterns. we dyed every color imaginable and then made some of our own colors, but the one that seemed to be prevelant most was blue.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great tutorial. I love the turquoise.
ReplyDeleteYellow - it's cheerful and my faorite color. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love to write on the eggs with a crayon and then dye them. Aqua blue and baby pinkare my favorite. I love this bunting and it is so cute !! Thank you for the chance at athe patterns.Have a Hoppy day yourself!
ReplyDeleteI love when the kids dye blue eggs.
ReplyDeletethe bunting is adorable
My grandkids are at that age to dye eggs. I should think about that. Colour of the rainbow would be nice.
ReplyDeleteYellow is my favorite color for Easter eggs.
ReplyDeleteRobin egg blue for sure!
ReplyDeleteI love lavender, such a girlie girl color babscorbitt@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Easter egg color is lavender :) Thanks for the give away :)
ReplyDeletefab tut as always, I love purple, eastery and pretty at the same time :)
ReplyDeleteHI! LAVENDER IS MY FAVORITE EASTER EGG SHADE!
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My favorite is the blue/green color. Like a robin's egg. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteYour bunting is so cute! I'm making an Irish one today for my moms BD. I love purple and lavender for Easter eggs.
ReplyDeleteLove your bunting! Can't wait to make one. My favorite color is pink! Followed by Aqua, purple, robins egg blue and yellow and orange. Love all the colors of Easter, so happy!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable! I think I need to make one to add to the backdrop of the photographer who takes pics of my girls with live bunnies & chicks. :) My fav color to dye Easter eggs is a beautiful sky blue. It makes me think spring!
ReplyDeleteAround here we like to dye our eggs lavendar and add glitter!
ReplyDeleteI love the bright vibrant reds, yellows and greens - they speak spring to me after a dreary, long winter. Thanks for sharing and for a wonderful draw
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Melissa, that it is the cuties swag. I love turquoise the colour of a tropical sea against the white sands.
ReplyDeleteFavorite Easter Egg color is yellow. Just purchased your "Summer Breeze" pattern for another quilt for my sister, this time for her bed. Can't wait to get started, but there are several ahead of her - including me! Anyway, I love your patterns and posts.
ReplyDeleteI love it when the kids dip the eggs into different colors, so they might have something blue on one end and yellow on the other.
ReplyDeleteNonie
I love your patterns sweetie! I love to color eggs all the pastel colors like blue and pink. Ohhh and YELLOW! How fun. I'm kinda glad I don't do that anymore! :)
ReplyDeleteI like pink eggs... thanks for the great tutorial and the giveaway...
ReplyDeleteI just love your Easter bunting Melissa. I've never coloured eggs for Easter but if I did, I think I would do pastel pink and pastel blue! Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute idea! I love blue eggs because blue is my favorite color by far!
ReplyDeletei like to decorate them robin egg blue & red & yellow designs.
ReplyDeleteI haven't died Easter eggs since my children were small. I personally like thepastel colours like blue, turquoise, pink, yellow....Thanks for the great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love deep deep red. thanks for the chance
ReplyDeleteI love bright blue and springy yellow Easter eggs. Thanks for the chance to win!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't dyed an Easter Egg for years. I have a memory of doing it as a very young child & it involving leaves and onion skins but I have no Idea how it worked. I have a toddler now - should look into that :)
ReplyDeleteIt's been twice now that I have stopped dying Easter eggs. The first was when my daughter got past that age and the second when my grandson got past that age. I always preferred the purple ones and the ones that were more than one color. We had fun using a white crayon to draw little things on the eggs so that there would be white pictures that didn't soak in the colors. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWhen I last dyed eggs I enjoyed double or triple dipping them to get deeper colors. My favorite dye color would be either purple or that pretty blue green. We have chickens now that lay blue eggs and brown eggs so dyeing them just wouldn't be the same! Cute bunting. K-
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute bunting! I love to color Easter eggs, and love all the colors but probably orange or the blue-green. And at the end there is always that ugly egg that gets dipped in every color :) Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute bunting! I love to color Easter eggs, and love all the colors but probably orange or the blue-green. And at the end there is always that ugly egg that gets dipped in every color :) Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteLove your bunting. Choosing an Easter egg color is as hard as choosing a favorite fabric color - I love the combination of the pastel eggs, but the aqua blues are probably the ones I would choose.
ReplyDeleteYour bunny bunting is so cute. We still dye eggs every year and I usually leave an egg in the blue for at least 10 minutes to get a deep color.
ReplyDeleteAdorable bunting! I like to dye eggs a deep purple - I leave the eggs in the dye a long time! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteellen(at)myerly(dot)net
such a cute idea, I need to make one too. My most favorite color to dye egss is Bright blue. :)
ReplyDeleteI always like making purple eggs.
ReplyDeleteI love making blue ones
ReplyDeleteVery cute bunting! I like making rainbow-coloured eggs, it's more work but lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteWe paint our eggs, ceramic ones, I have them from when my kids were toddlers and now with grandbabies.. now I have a bunch of them.. its so cool to display them. But regular eggs its the vinegar and food coloring tye dye
ReplyDeleteI like to make blue or purple eggs.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute bunting Melissa. Thank you for the tutorial and templates.
ReplyDeleteAnytime I dye eggs, I always tend to do blue and purple eggs first; many times mixing those two colors on each of the eggs.
What a wonderful Easter Bunting tutorial. Love it!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite color to die eggs? Difficult choice as I love so many spring colors. How about purple?
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Color for eggs is Robins Egg Blue!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is pink for the eggs. I don't usually use pink for anything else so the eggs are always fun.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute idea! Love the baby chick. Thanks for a great tutorial and pics. I love to dye eggs pink and purple.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a super giveaway and a chance to win.
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I like to dye yellow. Then 1/2 green. Then 1/4 blue. Really pretty!!!
ReplyDeletethanks for giveaway!
I've never dyed easter eggs, but if I did it would have to be teal blue.
ReplyDeleteLove the bunting! I love to dye eggs purple! A littler more of a hunt then a bright pink! Thanks for the giveaway!
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Thanks for sharing the bunting pattern. My favorite color to dye Easter eggs is purple.
ReplyDeleteCute bunting! I used to love to dye the eggs green because you could hide them better that way. :)
ReplyDeleteSandy A
I love the robin egg blue color- my son just painted my kitchen that color.
ReplyDeleteI love the bunting. Such a cute idea. I like green because its my favorite color. However, I think you have to incorporate some other pastels!
ReplyDeletePurple! But really, I wouldn't be happy with eggs that were just purple...I like a rainbow of bright colors!
ReplyDeleteI like to dye my eggs flame colors - red, yellow and orange. Little balls of flame all over the yard!
ReplyDeleteI love blue for anything!
ReplyDeleteI like green the best. Love the bunting!
ReplyDeleteI really like purple or orange.
ReplyDeleteI love to dye them purple.
ReplyDeleteIf I am using store bought dye I like the purple. The last 2 or 3 years I have been dyeing my eggs naturally with skins and spices and I have had some really earthy colors in blues, grays, yellows and oranges and I like them even more.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was Ruby's Easter Egg dye. It was oil based, so the color stayed on top of the water and as you dipped the egg the colors made a swirled pattern. Wish they still made that dye.
ReplyDeleteI love to have a whole rainbow of colors for my eggs, but I love pinks the best especially with some glitter added
ReplyDeletei like to dye eggs using pickled beets juice. they turn out to be a pale magenta. so fun!
ReplyDeleteI love pastel colors for dying eggs - yellows and pinks and light green!
ReplyDeleteI really like yellow and pink.
ReplyDeleteI love the paisley quilted eggs - I actually like the details in these ones.
ReplyDeleteI just found some neon food coloring...I'm behind the times, thought it was a new product, but apparently not! haha I think I'm going to try to use them this year, I just love the neon colors!
ReplyDeleteI like making red eggs, in fact it is a tradition in Greece to make them red and keep at least one for the next year, for luck.
ReplyDeleteI love to color anything yellow. When I was very young i surprized my Mother by dying my curtains yellow with food coloring!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
Blue and yellow :D
ReplyDeleteBlue is my favorite! Thanks for the fun bunting pattern :) mamalusco at ortelco.net
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is making aqua blue eggs! :)
ReplyDeletepurple is my fave debbie jackson
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I'm a pink girl myself. Thanks for participating.
ReplyDeleteI haven't dyed eggs in years but blue was my favorite. I liked using special kits and the glitter was the cutest!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, Thank you for the chance. I love to dye the eggs in pastel spring colors. Baby blue,soft yellow, baby green.
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I just found your fabulous blog. Of course we dye the eggs in Germany, my favorite color is ruby.
ReplyDeleteBarbara
Hot pink and robins egg blue have always been my favorite Easter egg colors. Thanks for the giveaway and great tutorial. Happy Easter Melissa!
ReplyDeleteFantastic idea to use your decorative stitches for the eggs! We haven't dyed eggs for a while and won't again this year since we'll be away on vacation, but we have hollowed, painted ones that we decorated years ago that are still stored in an egg carton that come out to hang on honeysuckle branches at Easter time.
ReplyDeleteThe bunting is cute! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI loved trying to dye eggs red, but they always came out more pink!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite colour is Pink so that is the colour my eggs will be!
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