Anzouya: Guest Post - Easter Door Hanging

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Guest Post - Easter Door Hanging

Today we have a guest post from one of my sponsors Kami from Searching from Serendipity. She was kind enough to make this cute tutorial for you! Pay her a visit to thank her for that! ;-)

Hi my name is Kami and I blog over at Searching for Serendipity. I am super excited to be guest blogging for Anzouya today and want to teach you all how to make a fun, easy, and super cute Easter Door Hanging!

First things first gather all of your supplies. You will need three colors of felt, wide ribbon, buttons, a bell, and of course scissors and sewing supplies (this can be done by hand or machine)

Using scrap paper create a template for your bunny shape, keep it fairly simple as it will be easier to sew and cut.

Use this template to cut out two of each color of felt, the bunnies will hang better if we sew them two thick.

Now the fun starts! Decorate your bunnies using buttons for eyes, I also added bows for a cute touch. Sew these on before we sew the bunnies together, this way your stitches will be hidden by the back piece of felt.

Once decorated, pin your bunnies to their matching piece of back felt, remember we cut two of each color, and sew them together. If you have a machine this is best, but hand works just fine too. Pinning them in place before sewing just help keep things neat and lined up

Take your wide ribbon and create a 1 inch long loop at the top, sewing closed. This is what your wall hanging will hang from, the loop hides a tack nicely

Line up your bunnies along the ribbon, one above the other, spacing them in a manner that suites your style. I left about a 1/2 inch gap between each of mine

Sew your bunnies onto the ribbon, hand sewing is best for this as you want to go through only the back layer of felt, connecting it to the ribbon. This way your stitches wont be visible on the front.