Easy Sew Easter Egg Pillow

This Easy Sew Easter Egg Pillow is perfect for Spring and Easter Home decor and it is a budget-friendly project too. I was inspired by my friend Jen Goode at 100 Directions and her doll project. I love how the drawn black doodle lines popped and I thought I could recreate the look with black thread on the fabric. The freestyle stitching allows me to feel creative with no pressure to stay perfectly on the line. For me, it is about the need for creativity and no pressure to produce a modern masterpiece. Just a simple easy sew Easter Egg Pillow for me.

Easy Sew Easter Egg Pillow Supplies:

Fabric – 1 yard or two fat quarters for pillow base
12″ piece of fabric for the bunny
Double-Sided Fusible Interfacing- like Stick or Wonder Under
Iron and safe surface to iron on.
Sewing Machine and thread
Scissors and straight pins
Pencil and ruler
Needle and thread
Fairfield Processing- 12 Ounce Bag, Nature-Fil™ Corn Fiberfill
Wooden spoon handle end
White pom-pom large
Hot glue or fabric glue

TO MAKE THE Easy Sew Easter Egg Pillow:

To begin wash, dry and iron fabric.
Cut two pieces of the fabric to 18 x18”.
Draw an egg on the wrong side of the fabric you are using for the bunny. You can freehand or download an image from the internet and trace it. I drew mine by hand, simply an oval.
Follow the manufacturers’ directions for adhering the Double-Sided Fusible Interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric. You can see the drawn figure through the interfacing. If you are using interfacing with paper sheets you can draw directly on the paper too and then fuse to fabric.
Cut the egg out and adhere to the front and iron in place.
Freestyle sew around the outer edge of the bunny. There is no right way or wrong way to do this. Just do it and be happy.
Layer the pompom fringe between the fabrics with the balls facing in. Pin the right side of the cut fabric together and sew three out of four sides together. Sew the fourth side in 5” inches on the side. Prevent unraveling when stuffing by using a reverse stitch to lock in the stitches.
Trim off any excess fabric and clip the corners. Turn the pillow right side out and carefully use the tip of the wooden spoon to push the corners of the pillow out.

Pillow Stuffing best practices
Stuff the pillow with the fiberfill. To avoid lumps in the pillow use this method; start with a generous handful of filling. Gently pull the filling loose. The idea is to remove any clumps while fluffing the fill at the same time. Repeat the process 2-3 times before inserting the fill into your project. From the worked fill, take a part equal to the area where you want to stuff. Stuff in one of the corners farthest from the seam opening. It is best to work your way out. gently, but firmly, push the fill into the corner. Pay attention to the outside as you go. From the outside that you can see any lumps or indents forming. Add filling to the immediate area to smooth out the surface or remove some filling and “work it” some more to remove a stubborn clump. Once the corners are filled, insert small amounts of additional fill. Lightly, work your way toward the opening and complete the stuffing process.
Hand-sew the opening closed. Thread the needle with coordinating thread. Keep your stitches as small as possible, slip stitch the opening closed. The tiny stitches help insure no stuffing will poke out of the hand-sewn seam.