A quiet day

At one point in time, I had about a dozen people coming to my house for Easter. I had plans, oh I had such plans.

What with one thing and another, we were 5 for dinner. Once I found out that there weren't going to be any kids here, my plans for Easter baskets and Bakerella's cake pops sort of vanished.

So, instead of the cute, crafty Easter I planned, we had a nice quiet--ok, not so quiet, it was my sister after all-we don't do "quiet"---day.



I made some of RetroMama's fabric eggs. I made some yoyo chicks and bunnies from ThriftyFun. And I made some pom pom chicks and bunnies to fit inside plastic eggs. There are tutorials all over the net for these, but I've been making them for years, way before regular people had the internet. As I recall, I started making them for kids whose own kids are now hunting Easter eggs!

To top it off, I folded my napkins using the bunny fold found on the bloom.acious blog. Aren't they the cutest things?

A quiet day

At one point in time, I had about a dozen people coming to my house for Easter. I had plans, oh I had such plans.

What with one thing and another, we were 5 for dinner. Once I found out that there weren't going to be any kids here, my plans for Easter baskets and Bakerella's cake pops sort of vanished.

So, instead of the cute, crafty Easter I planned, we had a nice quiet--ok, not so quiet, it was my sister after all-we don't do "quiet"---day.



I made some of RetroMama's fabric eggs. I made some yoyo chicks and bunnies from ThriftyFun. And I made some pom pom chicks and bunnies to fit inside plastic eggs. There are tutorials all over the net for these, but I've been making them for years, way before regular people had the internet. As I recall, I started making them for kids whose own kids are now hunting Easter eggs!

To top it off, I folded my napkins using the bunny fold found on the bloom.acious blog. Aren't they the cutest things?

Easter things

I thought that some of my grandkids would be here for Easter, so I've been doing some sewing for their Easter baskets. That didn't work out, so now I have some free time.

I've been making fabric eggs, using this tutorial from Retro Mama, and the secret pockets egg from Sew, Mama, Sew! They are really lovely, but I decided that I would like some larger eggs. I am sending some eggs to an adorable set of twins for their first Easter, so I wanted them to be large enough to play with and not stuff in their mouths.

With permission from the lovely Retro Mama, I started to enlarge. This might be a good time to say that I have no spatial sense, and I still haven't figured out how that odd shaped template ends up an egg. But, surely it couldn't be too hard to enlarge it. Let's just say that it was a good way to shrink the stash, because there were lots and lots of odd looking stuffed creations that didn't resemble any egg I've ever seen! I've grown hard-shelled gourds that had some resemblance though!

Anyway, first I pasted the template into Print Artist, and keeping the proportions the same, I just enlarged it.

Oops! Just a little wide in the hips aren't you Ms Egg? I feel your pain.











So, I took my little apple-y egg template and narrowed it, keeping the height.
Oh dear, what is this thing?


At this point, I abandoned the whole idea of just dragging some arrows to enlarge it and grabbed some printer paper.








Using RetroMama's templated, I just added ¼" all the way around. Then I added another ¼", and in the end, I came up with an egg that was the perfect size.











I''ll make a few more this week to top off the bowl, or maybe I won't. I'll use this as a centerpiece on the table on Sunday.

I love fabric eggs!

Easter things

I thought that some of my grandkids would be here for Easter, so I've been doing some sewing for their Easter baskets. That didn't work out, so now I have some free time.

I've been making fabric eggs, using this tutorial from Retro Mama, and the secret pockets egg from Sew, Mama, Sew! They are really lovely, but I decided that I would like some larger eggs. I am sending some eggs to an adorable set of twins for their first Easter, so I wanted them to be large enough to play with and not stuff in their mouths.

With permission from the lovely Retro Mama, I started to enlarge. This might be a good time to say that I have no spatial sense, and I still haven't figured out how that odd shaped template ends up an egg. But, surely it couldn't be too hard to enlarge it. Let's just say that it was a good way to shrink the stash, because there were lots and lots of odd looking stuffed creations that didn't resemble any egg I've ever seen! I've grown hard-shelled gourds that had some resemblance though!

Anyway, first I pasted the template into Print Artist, and keeping the proportions the same, I just enlarged it.

Oops! Just a little wide in the hips aren't you Ms Egg? I feel your pain.











So, I took my little apple-y egg template and narrowed it, keeping the height.
Oh dear, what is this thing?


At this point, I abandoned the whole idea of just dragging some arrows to enlarge it and grabbed some printer paper.








Using RetroMama's templated, I just added ¼" all the way around. Then I added another ¼", and in the end, I came up with an egg that was the perfect size.











I''ll make a few more this week to top off the bowl, or maybe I won't. I'll use this as a centerpiece on the table on Sunday.

I love fabric eggs!