Michele Bilyeu Creates With Heart and Hands: Easter

Apr 1, 2026

Here's a fun list of Easter pattern links..not just for quilts, and quilt blocks but a few super cute Easter crafts, too!

And remember making an 'Easter' quilt can be as simple as making some four patches.... and added some bits and pieces ...just from some scraps you might already have....in bunny, chick, or any pretty Easter fabric!

I used some scraps in Beatrix Potter prints, as shown above, and made this cute but easy, baby quilt and included a little soft fabric book for a quick gift! This little baby quilt is in flannel, and these where all the scraps I had in these colors..so no outside borders, and very simple style..but it is soft and special and still so cute! And best of all, the sweet little one who received it, absolutely adored it!

Bunny Applique mini quilt
12 x 14"free pattern by Jennifer Heynen at Jennifer Jangles

Carrot Patch quilt
52 x 63"
Stacey Day for Windham Fabrics

Tulip quilt 72 x 84", free pattern by Wendy Sheppard for Windham Fabrics

Amish Basket http://www.quilterscache.com/A/AmishBasketBlock.html 12" block from Marcia Hohn at Quilter's Cache

Podunk Posy quilt tutorial by Lea Anne at Podunk Pretties
pieced tulip block here
full quilt here)

A Tisket-a-Tasket http://quickquilts.com/golden/qg63_pattern/ 47" x 59"

Baby Flower Box:http://www.stitchinpost.com/images/free_patterns/FlowerBoxPattern.pdf

Basket Blocks by Gwen Marston:http://www.gwenmarston.com/freePattern/basket.htm
free basket blocks pattern by Gwen Marston; from her Beaver island Quilt Retreat on Baskets. The pattern is for one of eleven baskets quilts she made for the retreat. The quilt is made with 16 pieced baskets and 15 alternate blocks in redwork. Baskets w. Red work 60" x70"

Bitsy Baskets http://www.geocities.com/dsreedo/bitsybaskets.html fast carry along mini basket quilt 22" x 22" from Debbie Reed

Blossom Time by Lydia Quigley of the Rabbit Factory for Clothworks Textiles:
Free Easter Quilt Patterns

Bunny Quilt from Quilting Passion http://quiltingpassion.com/MQs/MQ11/
Blocks create a cute bunny shape! The finished size of this project is approximately 30" x 42", without borders and 42" x 54", with borders.

Bunny Appliqué Folk Art

Cactus Pot Basket Block http://blocksnswaps.blogspot.com/search/label/Cactus%20Pot from Blocks 'n Swap.This basket block was first published in the Oklahoma Farmer Stockman, on January 1, 1930

Carrot Table Runner from All People Quilt: http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/ideas/projects/objectsgarmentsother/carrotsticks_1.html

Easter Basket Postcard Quilt by Auntie for Quiltzine

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C lick here to download the EQ5 Project File for Easter Basket Postcard Quilt Printable Block
Click here to download the printable PDF file for the project on this page.

Easter Bunny Parade Wall Hanging http://secretworkshop.com/resources/index.php?item=854546bb510f7eebb

Easter Bunny Wallhangings with pdf downloaded files at the linking site

Easter Bunny Trail Banner w. embroideryhttp://www.holleyberry.com/project.php?id=616

Tulip Garden quilt, 62 x 81" by Hallie O'Kelly at American Quilter's Society

Easter Chicks Decorate and Bunny Luv
Bonnie Sullivan of Salem OR

Check out this darling original wallhanging, wool applique on flannel, 24"x 28" and quilt designed by Bonnie for Fons and Porter, free downloads as of above at: http://www.allthroughthenight.net/All_free.php

Bunny
Wendy Gratz at Shiny Happy World

Crazy Easter Egg Struttin' Chick

Patchwork Craft for Easter - Easter Quilt or Wall Hanging

Easter Wall Quilt 16.8" x 11. 6" (wouldn't this make a beautiful nursery wall hanging quilt?) http://www.craftideas.info/html/easter_patchwork_.html

Carrot Table Runner
Better Homes and Gardens

Faded Baskets Table Topper 36" x 36", by BOM QuiltsPrint this FQS Faded Baskets Instruction Page as a .pdf

Pastel Party :All People Quilt mini quilt

Bunny Patch quilt, 38 x 46", free pattern All People Quilt

Floral Basket 1 http://www.marcusbrothers.com/makeit/projects/butterscotch_basket/index.html

Floral Basket 2 http://www.paperpanache.com/tuopen.htm paper pieced tulip block, 6" x 6"

Happy Easter 28 x 35 cm
download Happy Easter

Patchwork Peter Rabbit wall hanging, 18 x 20" The Crafty Quilter

Holiday Harvest Quilt Pattern

Jeannie's 10" Basket Block Pattern
May Baskets http://quickquilts.com/golden/qg33_pattern/ 55 1/2" x 68 1/2"

Mini Basket Sampler Quilter's Online Resource Quilt, pieced and appliqued http://www.nmia.com/~mgdesign/qor/styles/mini/minipatterns/minibasketsamp.html

Posy Post Quilt http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_qlt/article/0,2045,DIY_15080_2505146,00.html A Simply Quilts Pattern which combines Irish chain and applique

Simple Spring table runner or placemats
Natalia Bonner as seen at Moda Bakeshop

Honey Bunny mini quilt Don't Look Now

Redwork Baskets patterns http://chickadeehollow.net/free-embroidery.htm
Scrap Baskets by Carol Doaks:This quick and easy wall quilt features a 7" basket block that is perfect for those left-over scraps. Click to download the pdf

Scrappy Baskets...15" finished quilt block of quick pieced HQTs

Stamp Basket Quilt http://www.benartex.com/projects/p_stampbasket.php

Sweet Dreams (shown)http://www.robertkaufman.com/quilting/quilts_patterns/sweet_dreams_quilt/

Umbrella Stand 6" x 6" Quilt Block http://qnm.com/webextras/feature210/

Will Work for Eggs 25" x 34" wallhanging with bunnies and eggs by Jerree McDade
http://quickquilts.com/golden/qg74_pattern/

April Bite Size Quilt, 12"square mini, mug rug or tiny table decor
Quilt Patterns Direct

Yo Yo Nines designed by Kathy L. Reinhard from Golden Quilts for McCalls.Fabulous yo yo baskets! Finished Quilt Size47 1/2" x 47 1/2"

6" Basket Quilt Blocks

10"and more Summertime Basket Quilt Blocks

12" Flower Basket Quilt Block

12" Woven Baskets Quilt Block Pattern

15" Amish Baskets Quilt Block Pattern

16" Checkerboard Flower Basket Quilt Block Pattern

Amsterdam quilt, 38 x 52", free pattern Bijou Lovely Designs

Hoppy Easter mini quilt, free pattern from my friends at Attic Window Quilt Shop

Rabbit Dance courtesy of Havel's Sewing

Cactus Pot Quilt Block

Bunny Hop Pillow
Amy at Ameroonie Designs

And don't forget how easy and how much fun making Easter pillowcases can be! Use my magical 'burrito' pillowcase pattern and a yard and maybe a bit more for trim..and you'll have a darling pillowcase in no time at all!
Make a Magic 'Burrito' Pillowcase

And consider making a little 'stuffy' toy or a little Easter gift accessory for yourself, a family member or a friend!

Funny Bunny Stuffy

Chicken Pincushions with Thread Caddy Nests

Quilted Easter chicken pouch (below) from Ulla's Quilting World...open drawstring for a little treat inside!

Egg Mug Rug
tutorial :Where The Orchids Grow

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Free Fabric (Coiled Fabric or Crocheted Basket Patterns:

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And Just for Fun!!! Easter Crafts for Kids of All Ages and Sizes!
Easter Crafts & Activities for Kids Home Page
This includes ideas for all of these crafts for and with children
:Easter Basket, Bunny, Chicks, Lambs, Crafts for Kids
Easter Hats & Bonnets Crafts Activities for Kids
Easter Eggs, Egg Shells, & Egg Decoration Crafts Activities for Kids
Crafts with Egg Cartons

Links:

Mar 25, 2024

The Celebration of Easter + Free Chicken and Nests Patterns Updated 2024

Happy Easter: Ostern, Pesach, Eosturmonath, Great Day and Great Night and I hope you have a blessed and holy Passover!

The Jewish celebration of Passover, The Feast of the Unleavened Bread was practiced by ancient Israelites at the beginning of their New Year, the Spring Equinox.

The Christian Easter, depends on Passover for not only much of its symbolic meaning, but for its dating on the calendar.

The Christian celebration is linked with the observance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his entombment. Falling on the first Sunday after the first full moon and the multicultural belief in the meaning of rebirth and the promise in the seasonal cycle therefore of life everlasting.

The name of our holy day 'Easter', is derived from that of the Teutonic goddess Eostre, or Eoster, or Ostern and was celebrated during the pascal month of Eosturnmonath, meaning Great Day or Great Night.

Connected of course to the earliest nature based celebration to welcome in Spring. It is common to see wild hares or rabbits which ushered in our conception of the association with bunnies or the bunny rabbit bringing in a new cycle of birth and rebirth year after year symbolized by the laying hens and their ongoing cycles of laying eggs.

What may appear as diverse rites of Spring reveal themselves as sharing common cultural beliefs in life, death, resurrection and rebirth.

As the night begins her retreat, and the dawn of the new light and life, begin their ascent and resurrection, the balance shifts within each of us.

It becomes a time of renewal, and rebirth and a time to lay down the old, and begin life anew.

We set out our baskets of eggs and we celebrate this happy occasion, just as nature celebrates her own time of new growth.

In the wild forest, the hens sense the spring time change and begin to lay their colorful eggs.

Perhaps our own ancestors went out to hunt them, perhaps bringing them back in their nests, or in baskets imitating them.

Our nest-like baskets of decorated eggs and the Eoster Egg Hunt, remind us of this lovely revitalization of nature and our common sharing in the joys, goodness and abundance of life.

The symbol of the egg banishes the past and starts afresh. It is a symbol of purification and it is a symbol of rebirth. As we crack our eggs, we peel back the white of the melting snow, and we release and free the golden sun within.

Easter blessings to all of you, in all countries, with all customs and cultures. And happiest days of rebirth and re-awakenings for a new and blessed season.

Free Easter Quilt Patterns

Free Chicken Patterns Courtesy of All the Girls in the Coop!!!

CHICKENS, CHICKENS, CHICKENS! FREE PATTERNS AND TUTORIALS!

Steel Scraps: Chicken Pincushions with Thread Caddy Nests

http://steelscraps.blogspot.com/2008/12/chicken-pincushions-with-thread-caddy.html

Nests!

Monkeyroom: Tutorial

http://monkeyroom.blogspot.com/2007/01/tutorial.html

Weathervane wall quilt, free pattern by Debbie Busby at All People Quilt

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Rise and Shine wall hanging, free pattern by Wendy Sheppard at Ivory Spring

Mr. Rooster, free pattern by Caroll at West Michigan Quilter

Cat's Rooster, free pattern by Jennifer Ofenstein at Sew Hooked

Jaunty Rooster, free pattern by Julie Lynch for Benartex

Birds of a Feather wall quilt by Cynthia Scott at Janome

Redwork Chicken Embroidery Pattern by Cheryl C. Fall for About.com

Rise and Shine Placemat Tutorial by Vicki Welsh

Rooster Quilt Block, free pattern at How Stuff Works

Chickens in the Coop, inspired by “Birds of a Feather” from Kevin Kosbab, made by Laura Boehnke for All People Quilt

Hen and Flowers wall hanging, free pattern at All People Quilt

Cocks Crow in the Morn, free pattern by Kaaren Johnston at The Painted Quilt with blessings and gratitude.

Michele Bilyeu Creates With Heart and Hands sharing an imaginative, magical, and healing journey from Alaska to Oregon and back again. Creating, designing, sewing, quilting, and wildcrafting from my heart and with my hands.

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