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Home Sewing Patterns Easter Zipped Egg With Chick Toy Sewing Pattern

Easter Zipped Egg With Chick Toy Sewing Pattern

Difficulty

Intermediate

Material

Cotton

Designer

Amanda Walker

Techniques

Inserting Zips

Pattern Guide

Download

Difficulty

Intermediate

Material

Cotton

Designer

Amanda Walker

Techniques

Inserting Zips

Pattern Guide

Download

About this pattern

Make Amanda Walker's easy Easter chick for kids – it comes with an adorable zippable egg.

Which to sew first, the chicken or the egg? With this delightful project there’s no need to ponder – you can make an adorable version of both! Using a creative technique to form an egg from cord, plus a cheeky yellow chick from wool tips, this seasonal project is sure to be an instant hit. Once complete, little ones will love hunting around the garden then carefully unzipping the egg to discover a new friend inside.

Essentials

Fabric, cotton
Felt, orange
Zip, orange, 36cm
Polystyrene egg, 8cm
Merino wool tops, yellow
Needle felting needle
Piping cord, 4mm x 5m
Black beads, two
Fabric glue

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Top sewing tip

To sew the coiled egg, set the zig zag width on your machine to six, and the stitch length to approximately three, but this will differ on different models of sewing machine.

Meet the designer

Ever since gaining her Diploma in Fashion, our talented designer Amanda Walker has been glued to her sewing machine, creating one-off wedding dresses and bespoke home furnishings, as well as crafting t