Hand embroidered Easter napkin rings DIY tutorial

Instructions

1. Download the pdf pattern and print it for pattern transfer. Gather all tools and materials for the project.

2. Cut out the shape of the egg pattern.

3. Transfer the pattern to the fabric. Place the egg pattern on the fabric and draw the outlines on your felt material. You will need 12 Egg shapes to make six napkin holders. Measure and draw six rectangles of 2,5 x 9 cm. Use a ruler.

4. Transfer the embroidery lines onto six shapes. Leave the rest empty. To trace the lines for embroidery, cut away the top shape of the pattern, place it on one of the shapes to embroider, and draw the line. Repeat on all six eggs.

5. Now, cut away one more piece of the pattern and transfer the second line for embroidery on the same six eggs.

6. Repeat these steps with all the lines on the pattern.

7. Frame the fabric with the egg shapes to embroider into the hoop. Adjust the cloth and tighten the tension screw.

8. Embroider the flowers. Mark a dot in the top middle part of the egg shape. Make three petals of the Lazy Daisy stitch starting at the dot marked. Use two strands of DMC #3354 embroidery floss.

9. Now add two more petals between the ones you made with pink thread. Use two strands of DMC #727 embroidery floss. Repeat this step on all six eggs. 

Note. We will cut out the shapes of the eggs after the embroidery is done, so do not leave jumping threads between the forms.

10. On the lines in the Stitch guide marked with blue, embroider equally distanced French knots. Use two strands of Yellow DMC #727 embroidery floss. Repeat this step on all six eggs.

11. On the lines in the stitch guide marked with yellow, embroider a Running stitch. Use two strands of Pink DMC #3354 embroidery floss. Leave 0,5 cm distance from the border.

12. Add double threading with two strands of Yellow DMC 727 embroidery floss. Repeat this step on all six eggs.

13. Cut out all 12 shapes of the eggs. Iron them to remove tracing marks made with a friction pen. If you use a water-soluble pen, remove tracing marks with a wet sponge or wash them. Remember that the felt material might shrink if the iron’s temperature is too hot.

14. Sandwich 3 parts of the napkin holder – the embroidered part on top, the blank egg shape under, and a rectangular stripe on the back of the figure. Use two pins to attach the stripe to the egg shape and one more pin in the center to hold all the parts together while you sew them.

15. Sew around the shape of the egg with Blanket stitch. Use two strands of Pink DMC #3354 embroidery floss. Start sewing 0,5 cm under the point where the stripe is attached to the egg and finish after you sew the second side of the stripe. Do not cut the thread, but leave the bottom of the shape open.

16. Put some toy stuffing inside the egg through the open part at the bottom of the egg. It will give some volume to the napkin holder and prevent the egg from folding when placing the napkin inside the ring.

17. After the stuffing is placed inside the egg, close the hole with a pin. Finish sewing around the shape of the egg. Anchor the last blanket stitch to the first and hide the thread between the shape layers.