Download - Easter Egg Cozies
HOW TO MAKE EGG COZIES FOR EASTER GIFTS
Iegg cosy for easter was in the supermarket this morning and even
though it is still two weeks to Easter, they had some Easter eggs
on a special offer of buy one get two free! At that rate they'll be
paying us to buy Easter eggs by the time we actually get to Easter.
Anyway, I turned my thoughts firmly away from all that chocolate
and decided to make an egg cozy for a normal egg that can be given
as an Easter gift. As you can see from the photo, I got a little
carried away and made quite a few of them. The method of making
them is the same, but there are so many different ways of
decorating them.egg cosy for easter
For each Easter egg cozy, you will need two 5" squares of top
fabric and two rectangles 5" by 4.1/2" of a thin wadding and of
lining fabric. Place the two lining fabric rectangles with right
sides together and place the wadding above and below the lining
fabric. Place the two squares of top fabric with right sides
together.
easter egg cosyeaster egg cosyFold the top fabric squares in
half and cut a triangle from about 1" down the side to the central
fold. Do the same with the wadding and lining fabric pieces. Make
sure that you fold the wadding pieces with the 5" across and the
4.1/2" up and down. This is so that the wadding/lining egg cozy
shape will be shorter than the top fabric shape so that you can
turn under the top fabric to sew the hem. Using a 1/4" seam sew the
sides and the top of the shapes together, leaving the bottom edge
open.
easter egg cosyeaster egg cosyTurn the top fabric of the egg
cozy right side out but leave the wadding/lining shape with wrong
side out. Push the wadding/lining up inside the top fabric egg
cozy. It may look as if it doesn't fit, but when you smooth it out
to sew the hem you should find that the bottom edges fit together
around the edge of the egg cozy.
egg cosy for easter
The top fabric of the egg cozy should be slightly longer than the
wadding/lining part. If it doesn't appear to be, just pull it down
a little so that it is longer. You can then turn under a small
double hem and slip stitch it in place.
egg cosy for easteregg cosy for easterThe reason that I made so
many of the egg cozies was to try out different embellishments on
them. The pink egg cozy has some white lace around the base, the
yellow one has black lace, the egg cozy in the middle has a line of
herringbone embroidery stitch all the way round while the blue one
on the right of the photo has a line of chain stitch embroidery
around the base. In the photo on the right I have used some candy
stripe piping which I sewed between the top fabric layers when I
sewed them together, and I also cut a curve instead of an angle on
the brown one. This gives a different look, but the curve is
slightly more difficult to sew than the angle.
Of course there is always the option of decorating the egg cozy
with fabric marking pens as well - personalize each egg cozy with
the name or initials of the person that you are giving it
to.
Easter Egg CoziesThis free pattern provided by: Nancy's Fabrics www.nancysfabrics.com (888).870.2252