Last year, I made an Easter wreath for my front door. This year I am sewing up a storm, especially table runners and other decorations. I found some wonderful Easter fabric that I just love (Hop to it from Dear Stella) and some coordinating floral fabrics. I made some Easter table runners plus a door hanging and some pillows with leftover fabric. For my buffet (and for table runners I made for others), I used my go-to pattern of just sewing strips together.
Easter table runners using a strip pattern
Easter table runners using a strip pattern (up close)
For my dining room table, I did something a little different. I sewed some strips together, with the prints 4 inches wide and the solids 2 inches wide. I made three different rectangles with them. I then cut them to look like eggs. I folded the first one in half to make it symmetrical then hand drew an egg half on the fabric then cut. The other two were cut using the first one as a pattern. I then sewed the eggs as appliqués on a solid background when quilting the piece.
Table runner made by sewing strips into a rectangle then cutting to resemble eggs
Table runner made by sewing strips into a rectangle then cutting to resemble eggs (up close)
Table runner made by sewing strips into a rectangle then cutting to resemble eggs (up close)
I used leftover fabric to make a hanging for my front door. I machine embroidered Happy Easter on one piece of fabric. I then used the leftovers from the eggs on the dining room table runner to cut small eggs that I then appliquéd on another piece of fabric. All the eggs are cut from the leftover corners of the rectangles I made that I then cut the big eggs out of for the table runner.
Door hanger with leftover Easter fabric
Then with the fabric I had left, I made some envelope style pillow covers. These fit the same plain pillows for which I made covers for St. Patrick’s Day.
Front of pillows made with leftover Easter fabric
Back of pillows made with leftover Easter fabric