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How to … make Bunny Egg Cosies

15 April 2011 26 Comments

I have a thing about Egg Cosies.. don’t ask me what it is, but I adore them!!! Everytime I see them somewhere or “another”, I am like “oooh, I want”. So, I finally got round to making some for us and of course for Red Ted Art. These are super cute and super easy… and I love them, as they remind me of our Christmas Ornaments (the same technique).

It was only after I made them and sized them all up etc and went to take a photo of the two finished bunnies, that I realised I used a “small egg” in order to do my measurements. Doh! The good thing about felt though, is that it does stretch and reshape if you pull it a little. So that is fine. I have adjusted the “pattern” to fit medium eggs… but I do suggest you make one – “test” it on one of YOUR eggs before you make more.. you never know!

Per Bunny: 1/2 of a “standard square” of felt, contrasting felt for ears, embroidery thread for stitching and additional thread for eyes and nose

I used brown & light pink, with blue eyes and grey, with a rose coloured thread and blue eyes. Am thinking of making a black bunny too.

Here is the “pattern” – I am not sure how it prints out (sorry) – so check the dimension are right, I had a techie fail moment this week

1) Cut out all your parts – two for front and back, 4 parts for the main but of the ear and 2 parts for the inside of the ear

Blanket Stitch

2) Sew the ears first: I stitched on the contrasting inner ear with three small stitches. Then worked the blanket stitch all around. Once I had finished the ear, I “pinched it” and sewed in a fold.

3) Take the front and back and start stitching. When you get to what “roughly looks the top, add in the ear. I sewed it in quite tightly and it isn’t quite as neat as I hope, but I think it is fine… add 2-4 more blanket stitches and then add the 2nd ear! Finish rest of bunny.

4) Using your egg to double check – mark out a spot for nose and eyes and add a few stitches for these. I did light pink for the nose and a cross stitch in blue for each eye. I also did a cross stitch in the back as a tail. I think it may be easier to add these stitches first, but I wanted to get the positioning right. So it is your call!

Finished!

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Sharon cheekymonkeyschildminding said:

This is brilliant and just the sewing project for my bored 10 yr old today xx

# 15 April 2011 at 7:27 am

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Ooooh these are perfect projects for a 10yrs old maybe make the dimensions a TINY bit larger, which means they do larger stitches if necessary!

# 15 April 2011 at 7:42 am

cathy@nurturestore said:

Super cute!

# 15 April 2011 at 8:20 am

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Thank you Cathy

# 15 April 2011 at 8:35 am

maryanne said:

These are darling!

# 15 April 2011 at 2:48 pm

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# 15 April 2011 at 3:52 pm

Chris at Thinly Spread said:

How cute, I may get DD onto this project!

# 15 April 2011 at 3:53 pm

Crystal Jigsaw said:

They’re really pretty. Kids will love them. You could make a fortune, especially at time of year!

CJ xx

# 15 April 2011 at 5:50 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Aaaah you are too kind!! Imagine selling them!!!

# 15 April 2011 at 5:54 pm

Domestic goddesque said:

These are so cute. I will dig out my felt next Easter!

# 16 April 2011 at 9:52 am

Lindsay @ BytesOfMemory said:

Wow these are super adorable!!

# 17 April 2011 at 11:55 am

Jaclyn said:

Very cute! What a great easter idea! I would be perfect for the kids table! Thanks for the inspiration! I would love if you linked up to my Make it for less Mondays!

http://www.Simplycadence.blogspot.com

Hope to see you there!
Jaclyn

# 17 April 2011 at 2:15 pm

Julia Skinner said:

These would be great to do with older children as well! Many thanks Maggy for linking to the RC!

# 17 April 2011 at 5:44 pm

Rachel said:

These are just darling!!!!!! I love them!

# 18 April 2011 at 2:03 am

Lolly Jane said:

Super cute! Thanks for the awesome tutorial! We would ? for you to link this up

Lolly Jane
lollyjaneboutique.blogspot.com

# 18 April 2011 at 4:46 am

Amanda said:

How cute are those?!?!

# 18 April 2011 at 12:21 pm

Andrea said:

Cute! I might adapt this to a finger puppet.

# 18 April 2011 at 5:23 pm

PartyMom said:

These are so adorable! I love how you can hand-sew them…because I’m one of many without a sewing machine! Thanks for sharing!

# 19 April 2011 at 1:17 am

Stephanie Lynn said:

Maggy simply adorable!! I have featured these today. Thanks so much for stopping by and linking up to the Sunday Showcase – I greatly appreciate it. Hope you have a wonderful holiday! ~ Stephanie Lynn

# 20 April 2011 at 12:29 am

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Oh thank you!! Will come and grab a button!

Maggy

# 20 April 2011 at 10:07 am

Vernice Duford said:

Really cute. The kids will love them

# 21 April 2011 at 12:40 am

Rachel said:

I just love these!!! So adorable!!

Thanks so much for sharing this at For the Kids Friday! I’ll be posting the next party tomorrow night. I’d love to have you back for another week of fun!

rachel at http://SunScholars.blogspot.com

# 21 April 2011 at 4:06 am

Amanda said:

These wouls make a lovely pressie as well as a craft project for children….lovely

# 21 April 2011 at 12:00 pm

mummiafelice said:

wow amazing are these!? Thanks for linking up

# 21 April 2011 at 1:59 pm

creativejewishmom/sara said:

adorable! thanks for sharing this and the cute crown project on Craft schooling Sunday!

# 21 April 2011 at 7:56 pm

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