Sunday, March 27, 2011

Easter {Sewing} Basket

Here is another different way to display Easter Eggs.

I began with thrifted plastic eggs, lightly sanded and painted with white acrylic paint. After they were dry I used strips of thrifted sewing patterns and Mod Podge to décopage the eggs.

They are displayed in a thrifted sewing basket with "grass" that is actually an old, green, knit sweater that I unravelled.

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26 comments:

  1. Such a creative idea! Very festive!

    Andrea
    www.addicted2tutes.blogspot.com

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  2. Oh my goodness that is very cute and very original. I love the sewing theme - especially the unravelled sweater!

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  3. Hi Lynda, visiting from creativity every day challenge. These are gorgeous, stuch a great idea.

    Amanda
    http://realityarts-creativity.blogspot.com

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  4. Fun idea, I love sewing patterns, I use them in my collages! :-)

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  5. love this idea! wonderful way to repurpose other materials for a beautiful eco decoration!

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  6. So nifty, neat & creative. I invite you to share your wonderful idea with my followers, please link to my blog bash K.I.S.S. Happy to be a new follower :)

    Drop by The Tattered Tag

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  7. Love "spring sewing basket", think I need to make one too. Thank you for sharing.

    Have a God Filled Day
    Shirley

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  8. This is a lovely project. What a creative idea to unravel a sweater! Came over from Rook No. 17.

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  9. That's a great idea for a "frogged" knitting project. Way nicer than that icky plastic grass!

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  10. So creative! Love the pattern pieces on the eggs and the knit "grass" --- Thank you for linking to my Share the Love Wednesday party!
    Mary

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  11. That is the cutest idea! I may have to get my sewing basket out and put some chicks in it! Very cute! I wonder if I have an old sweater...heehee! ♥

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  12. Love this! Great idea for the sewers in us! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  13. Very cute idea and I Love using fun and thrifty items to create something so awesome! Thank you for joining my first TTF party!!

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  14. I featured your project today on my blog...stop on it to see the post and grab a "featured" button!! http://marvelouslymessy.blogspot.com/2011/04/marvelous-mess-6-features.html

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  15. This is so clever and cute! Great job!

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  16. So creative and cute! I love the "grass" from the unraveled sweater! Thanks for linking up!

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  17. Featured this project on my blog tonight! Feel free to stop by and grab a button if you like!

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  18. Lynda, I love the fact that you transformed those plastic eggs so cleverly, and used the vintage sewing patterns to give them their new look. The sewing basket was a fabulous touch as well! Thank you so much for sharing your project at Rook No. 17. Always a pleasure!!

    Jenn

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  19. Lynda, you come up with the cutest ideas! I love vintage sewing items, and your reuse of the old patterns (as well as the old sweater) is quite clever.

    Thanks so much for linking your creativity to the party each week.

    Blessings,
    Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
    http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

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  20. I love the patterns on the eggs, what a great idea!

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  21. I'm going thru your blog and had to stop and comment on the eggs in the sewing basket. So clever! I added this to my Pinterest on my blog.

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