Free Kimekomi Egg Tutorials

 These ornaments are perfect for Christmas or Easter. Just choose your fabric according to the season or holiday. When I timed myself making this ornament it only took me 35 minutes to complete. If you are new to this it may take you a bit longer.

1. Using your measuring tape, draw 2 perpendicular lines vertically on your egg dividing it into 4 equal sections. It’s easiest to use the mold line as your first line and draw your second line accordingly. Find the place on the egg where it measured 8 cm from one side of the mold line to the other. Draw a dot at the half way point, 4 cm. Then use your measuring tape as a straight edge. Connecting the top point, mid point you just drew and bottom point on my egg. Do the same on the opposite side.
2. Using your craft knife, cut along the lines on the foam egg. The cut should be about 1 cm deep.
3. Next, make a pattern for your fabric panels with the cardboard, measuring slightly larger than each of the 4 sections on the egg. 
4. Using your pattern, cut out 4 panels of fabric.
5. Paint a thin layer of glue on one section of your foam egg. The glue should not seep through the fabric. (This step is optional and I no longer follow it myself when making kimekomi ornaments.)
6. Smooth a fabric panel over the glued area and tuck the edges of the fabric into the cuts in the foam. Repeat this on all 4 sections of your egg.
7. Next, pin ribbon over the seams.
8. Then, make your hanging ribbon and bow for the top. Thread a bead cap onto a corsage pin, then thread the hanging ribbon, then the bow, in that order. Dip pin in glue and pin to the top of the egg.
9. To finish, thread a bead cap onto another corsage pin and pin at the bottom of the egg.

1. Divide your egg into 4 equal sections. First trace along the mold line using your tape measure as a straight edge. Then measure the height of your egg from the north pole to the south pole. Divided the height by 2 to find the midpoint. Mark the midpoint on both sides of the mold line. Next measure the distance horizontally between the mold line midpoints. Divide that number by 2 to find the center. Mark the center clearly on both sides of the egg. Draw a horizontal line connecting the the points on the mold line and the center points you just marked all the way around the egg. This creates an equator line. Next connect the north pole, center equator point and the south pole on both sides of the egg to finish your simple 4 division.
2. Cut foam along all lines.
3. Lay the cotton fabric over the top of each cut section and tuck in the edges.
4. Pin the satin ribbon around the egg covering all seams using the 3/4 inch pins.
5. Using the 1/4 inch pins, in sequins along both sides of the ribbon. Thread a seed bead onto the pin first, then a sequin, dip the end in craft glue and then pin to the egg.
6. At each ribbon intersection along the equator, pin a small blue flower and large silver sequin. Thread a seed bead onto a 3/4 inch pin, then a small blue flower, then the 1 cm silver sequin. Dip in glue and pin to the ribbon.
7. At the bottom of the egg, thread a small blue flower sequin onto a pearl headed pin, and then a large silver sequin. Dip in glue and pin to the bottom ribbon intersection.
8. Top off your egg with a hanging ribbon and bow. First thread a blue flower, then a large silver sequin to a pearl headed pin. Next tread on the hanging ribbon and last the bow. Your bow should have 4 loops. Adjust the size to you like. Dip the pin in glue and pin to the top of your egg.

 Drawing Lines on your foam egg.
Please these measurements are for eggs that are about 7 cm tall. You will need to adjust your measurements for eggs of a different size.

1. Your foam egg should have a mold line that was made during the manufacturing process that runs up each side of the egg from bottom to top. Bottom being the widest part of the egg and top being the narrowest.
2.  Using your measuring tape as a strait edge, trace the mold line with your pen on both sides of the egg.
3.  Now take your measuring tape and find the place near the top where there is 8 cm between each of the lines you just drew.  
4.  Draw a dot at 2 cm, 4 cm and 6 cm. I’ll call these dots the mid-points in the next step.  You can repeat this step from the bottom of your egg if you wish.
5.  Next, using your measuring tape as a straight edge, draw a line connecting the top, one of your mid-points and bottom of the egg.  Do this for all mid-points marked. When finished your egg should have 8 vertical lines. 
6. Cut along all lines on foam egg about 8 mm deep.
7. Cut out batting and fabric panels. Cut out 8 panels of quilt batting using the batting pattern provided below. Cut out fabric panels using the fabric pattern provided below. 4 panels of each color.
8. Glue a panel of batting on the foam in any of the 8 sections. Trim the batting if needed. Next take a fabric panel and place it over the batting. Tuck the edges of the fabric into the foam. Trim fabric as needed. Repeat step a and step b above on the next section with the other color fabric. Alternate panels of the 2 colors of fabric all the way around the egg.
9. Glue cord onto seams. Start at the top (small end) off the egg. Using your tucking tool or a large needle, scrape off a small bit of glue from your glue stick and apply it to a vertical seam, where you tucked in the fabric. Next place the cord on top of the glue and pat with your finger to secure. Use your tucking tool or a needle to remove any excess glue. Do not cut the cord at the bottom of the egg. Continue around the entire egg until you reach the top again. When finished with a seam, you can either cut the cord and tuck the end into the top of the egg or you can continue on to the next seam without cutting the cord, like I do in the video.
10. Pin the bow, hanging ribbon, sequin to the top of the egg. Cut 16 cm of ribbon for the hanging ribbon. Thread a large sequin onto a pearl headed pin first, then the hanging ribbon. Use the remaining ribbon to make the bow. Make 4 loops. Adjust the loop size as you like and trim the extra ribbon. When pinning the ribbon for your bow, use a figure 8 motion and be sure that the shiny side of the ribbon is always pointing outward. Dip the end of the pin in craft glue and pin to the top of the egg.
11. Pin the remaining pin and sequin to the bottom of the egg. Dip the end of the pin in craft glue for a secure hold.