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How to … make Bunny Egg Cosies

April 15, 2011

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 twoย finishedย 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 ๐Ÿ™

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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  1. Sharon cheekymonkeyschildminding says

    April 15, 2011 at 7:27 am

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

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      April 15, 2011 at 7:42 am

      Ooooh these are perfect projects for a 10yrs old ๐Ÿ™‚ maybe make the dimensions a TINY bit larger, which means they do larger stitches if necessary!

      Reply
  2. cathy@nurturestore says

    April 15, 2011 at 8:20 am

    Super cute!

    Reply
  3. Red Ted Art says

    April 15, 2011 at 8:35 am

    Thank you Cathy ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  4. maryanne says

    April 15, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    These are darling!

    Reply
  5. Chris at Thinly Spread says

    April 15, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    How cute, I may get DD onto this project!

    Reply
  6. Crystal Jigsaw says

    April 15, 2011 at 5:50 pm

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

    CJ xx

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      April 15, 2011 at 5:54 pm

      Aaaah you are too kind!! Imagine selling them!!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Reply
  7. Domestic goddesque says

    April 16, 2011 at 9:52 am

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

    Reply
  8. Lindsay @ BytesOfMemory says

    April 17, 2011 at 11:55 am

    Wow these are super adorable!!

    Reply
  9. Jaclyn says

    April 17, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    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

    Reply
  10. Julia Skinner says

    April 17, 2011 at 5:44 pm

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

    Reply
  11. Rachel says

    April 18, 2011 at 2:03 am

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

    Reply
  12. Lolly Jane says

    April 18, 2011 at 4:46 am

    Super cute! Thanks for the awesome tutorial! We would ? for you to link this up ๐Ÿ™‚

    :)Lolly Jane
    lollyjaneboutique.blogspot.com

    Reply
  13. Amanda says

    April 18, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    How cute are those?!?!

    Reply
  14. Andrea says

    April 18, 2011 at 5:23 pm

    Cute! I might adapt this to a finger puppet. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  15. PartyMom says

    April 19, 2011 at 1:17 am

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

    Reply
  16. Stephanie Lynn says

    April 20, 2011 at 12:29 am

    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

    Reply
  17. Red Ted Art says

    April 20, 2011 at 10:07 am

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

    Maggy

    Reply
  18. Vernice Duford says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:40 am

    Really cute. The kids will love them

    Reply
  19. Rachel says

    April 21, 2011 at 4:06 am

    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

    Reply
  20. Amanda says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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

    Reply
  21. mummiafelice says

    April 21, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    wow amazing are these!? Thanks for linking up ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  22. creativejewishmom/sara says

    April 21, 2011 at 7:56 pm

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

    Reply

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