March Drawing Creation

Since Easter is in April this year I wanted to make the March prize an item that the winner could enjoy during the month of April. I knew it need to be something special so I began to search through my fabrics. I first thought a pale green floral would work then this lovely pink and white twall revealed itself. That's it!

I would make a basket then place some eggs and bits of candy in it. What a lovely table centerpiece this would make! Now I needed to create a pattern. I took a lid from the cabinet and traced a circle for the bottom of the basket. Then I measured the circumference to determine the amount of fabric needed for making the sides. I began stitching on the machine.

















Once I had the sides and bottom stitched I made a handle.

As I looked through my drawer of various laces and trims I found this lovely lace to decorate the sides and a small string of tiny pearls to wrap around the handle. Then I made bows for each side where the handles connected to the basket.



















Since eggs are always part of the Easter celebration I began creating eggs using some left over plastic eggs.





Here are the fruits of my labor:
















After placing some angel hair grass in the basket I laid the eggs gently on the grass.

















Now to complete the look I stitched a small fabric butterfly on the handle.

THIS is the prize for March! All you need to do is leave a comment on my blog. (Be sure to send me a separate private email with your contact information should you be the winner.)

Each time you visit and leave a comment your name is entered to win. Please only one comment per post.