Easter Egg

Easter Egg

Hallo Everyone!

With the Easter Holiday rapidly

approaching I was delighted to

find this lovely project from

Craftyfield in my in box.

The perfect answer to the

dilemma of how to carry all

the little eggs found on the

Easter Egg Hunt ........

"A drawstring fabric bag, like this one, 

is ideal to wrap up awkward shaped items

 and, as a bonus, you get 2 sides to decorate!

 The bag is roughly 15 by 20cms.

It's also a lot easier to buy ready mad

 than to make the bag yourself, which I 

now know since this is precisely what I did.

 Given the choice, let me tell you, I'd

 rather spend the time on the fun

 decorating part rather than the 

construction of the bag!

No step by step today, especially on how 

to cross-stitch, as I'm a complete beginner

 myself, but I will give you ideas to 

decorate fabric bags.

 The bravest crafters might want to 

paint or draw on the bag, otherwise

 try stamping with textile paints 

(SoSoft, Starlight Textiles, Setacolor) 

or any of your permanent inks. 

I would recommend Brilliance inks 

because there are so many colours available 

but Archival or Versafine will work too.

 Remember to place a piece of cardboard 

inside the bag to give you a firm 

surface to stamp on and protect the 

reverse of the bag from the ink or paint 

seeping through.

If stamping is not your thing how

 about stencilling? Just make sure the

 fabric of your bag is stretched and 

held in place with masking tape before

 applying the paints. 

Use one stencil for an overall pattern 

or several to create a scene.

 Create stripes with masking tape or 

die-cut shapes out of acetate to stencil

 specific areas of the bag. 

If you are not confident decorating 

your bag directly you can use a separate 

piece of fabric and sew it on

 to the bag later. 

Other ideas: use image transfer with 

gel medium, collage rice paper, sew 

a printed fabric piece or several 

pieces to make a shape or pattern...

You can add embellishments too,

 flower shapes, buttons, shrink plastic 

items (don't forget to punch the holes 

before srinking...), ribbons, twine etc... 

Like me you can use felt die-cuts motifs

 to the bag, and I would advise you to 

sew them on to be sure they won't move. 

You could die-cut initials or a complete

 name, word or phrase.

 Steel rule dies (the thick Sizzix dies) are 

best for this but I have had success with 

thin dies too, just as long as the shape

 isn't too detailed.

Only a few ideas here, but really the

 world is your oyster! 

Share with us in the comments if 

you have ideas of your own.

These little bags will make it so easy

 to wrap up the Easter eggs or Bunnies 

and make nice keepsakes too!"

Thank you Craftyfield - lots of ideas here

especially for those of us who like to

make individual bags for each family

member

These bags would be good for

a little person's ballet shoes

or gym pumps too

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx