This idea came up in a video on one of my social media feeds. (Facebook, Instagram or YouTube, can’t remember which.) Little fabric Easter eggs, with an envelope style closure at the back, made approximately the size of plastic fillable eggs you see in stores each year. Simply fill them with treats, hide them for your kids to find, then reuse them year after year.
I couldn’t keep whatever short video link I saw it in, up on my phone, so I googled the idea, and kept a tab open with another tutorial, sitting in the background for the last 6 weeks or so. Now that I’m done with birthday shenanigans, I decided to make a set of eggs for my daughter.
Since the goal was to use them for years to come, I wanted to use something that she’d think was beautiful as she grew up. (Rather than a kids novelty print she’d grow out of.) I pulled out the stash of Tula Pink fat eighth bundles I got for Christmas, and my stash of fat quarters. I also wanted them to stand up to years of use, so I decided to line them, even though most of the tutorials didn’t. I had a bundle of 8 FQ’s that I bought last year, that I needed just 2 colors from, so I was thrilled to use up 4 more. I made 6 eggs in each colorway, for a total of 24 reusable eggs.
I watched a few tutorials, that were all basically the same as this one and this one. But I still can’t find the original one I saw. That one was my favorite because the person actually lined the eggs, and assembly-lined them, by sewing two long strips together, folding and pressing them over, then cutting the egg shapes out of the pre-stitched row. Also, all of the blogs that had tutorials and promised a printable pattern, either made you buy it from their Etsy, or made you sign up for their newsletter. I ended up finding this printable version in a Google Image search.
I contemplated doing that on this set, and if I ever do another set, I definitely will do that method. But… with these beautiful Tula Pink prints, I wanted to fussy-cut them to get the cutest eggs possible out of the small amounts I had of each print. So that meant tracing and cutting the template each time, then stitching, pressing and flipping each side of the envelope backing. (Why do I do this to myself?) Then I layered the back pieces with the front and front lining. Stitched around the edges. Pinked the edges. Flipped them right side out and pressed them all.
Here they are filled with treats. Mostly small chocolates from Aldi, but also a few Bluey figures. (I couldn’t resist the 80’s child versions of Bandit & Chili as She-Ra.) I can’t wait to hide these later this month!
And after seeing a “jumbo sized egg” on one of the random tutorials, I’m contemplating making a larger one for each of Ada’s two teachers. (I can’t believe she started preschool last week!) I picked up a few Free Donut Tokens from a favorite local bakery to include. What else should one hide in a preschool teacher’s Easter egg???
