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Wool Felt Easter Egg kit which contains enough goodies to make many eggs!  Click here to see it  **  Templates to make the eggs.  Click here for the pdf file and the document will open in a new window.

Wool Felt -  if you decide to try other colors - you can see the samplers and all of the open stock here.  You'll need fiberfill - an 8 ounce bag should stuff a dozen eggs or so.  See it here.  **  I used 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads on mine.  You can see all of the beads here - look for Miyuki and TOHO

If you want to add to the ribbons in the kit... The 3/8" metallic organza is here  **  the 1/4" nylon ric-rac is here  **  The 1/8" velvet ribbon can be seen here

Venise Lace appliqués are here  **  Size 12 Finca perle cotton is here  **  Aleene's Thick Designer Tacky Glue is available in two styles; a bottle and a jar.

Wool felt - I love wool felt!  The idea for these Easter Eggs has been brewing in my head for a couple of months and has finally come to fruition.  They're easy and fun to make and embellish.  Spend a couple of afternoons messing with wool felt, ribbon, trim, beads, and other bits and bobs and before you know it you'll have a basketful of them!

All of the ones you see here were stitched by machine, but I see no reason that you can't hand stitch them.  Quilts were sewn by hand for an awfully long time before machine piecing became common, so stitching these eggs should work just fine too!

If you're psyched, love the eggs and want to make some of your own, cool beans!  We have a kit that contains enough wool felt, ribbon, and perle cotton to make several dozen eggs.  The link to the kit and other supplies is at the bottom of the page.

I prewash my wool felt before I use it.  I prefer the timeworn, less crisp look the fabric takes on once it's been washed and dried.  And I don't do anything fancy to wash the fabric.  In the sink it goes, then I run hot water over it.  I keep the light colors together and then do the darker ones.  Some of the time I put it all in together and do see some bleeding of colors onto the lighter ones, though for some projects it doesn't matter. Make sure you soak all of the fabric so that everything is wet - I use hot water.  Once you're sure everything has been soaked, wring it out (I wear gloves since I use really hot water) and then toss in the drier on high heat.  When it's dry I lay it out flat to store.