Itty Bitty Blog: Fabric Easter Eggs

I usually tend to avoid decorating for holidays other than Christmas and Halloween. Here's why: retail decorations for every other holiday have always seemed cheesy to me. And until now, I have never really had much time or desire to make my own decor for the "small" holidays.

But now that I have entered into motherhood, the prospect of putting out decorations for EVERY holiday seems like fun. Little J may not appreciate my efforts for a couple more years, but I still enjoy the idea that I'm decorating for him.

I found a little inspiration from something I spotted on Pinterest (duh) but I wanted to put my own spin on the design... so I cooked up the idea for these:

Fabric Eggs

I'm not going to lie... this project was annoying. But like I told Jared as I was complaining about the mess and frustration, "I had to finish them all once I started." I don't think I ever really comprehended the strangeness of the "egg" shape, so it took me a couple tries before I figured out the best way to cut my fabric. You'll see...

The supplies I used were:

white plastic eggs
Mod Podge
paintbrush
an assortment of coordinating fabrics
(I fell in love with the mini brown eggs, so I picked my fabric with them in mind)

Like I said, I had to play around with my technique a little bit before I was happy with the results. But to start, I cut a strip of fabric long enough to fit around the middle of my eggs:

my childhood scissors. and yet, the tag says "Andy." hmm.

while J watched in his high chair

Then, once I finished a couple of gross-looking, foldy, creasey fabric eggs, I figured out my plan! I cut my fabric into small pieces and then overlapped them onto the egg with Mod Podge. This resulted in minimal folding and creasing and gave the eggs a craftier look overall.

All in all I'm pleased with how these turned out. And once I peeled off the dried glue from all my fingers (and my skirt. and somehow, my face?) I put my eggs on display. I'll transition them into a basket once I find one that I like, but I have a feeling that's going to be a whole project by itself...