Our Free Easter Beading Pattern – how to make your own brick stitch decorative eggs is a great way to get into beading. Eggs are an obvious shape to work with for Easter crafts, symbolising new life. They’re also a fun shape to get creative with. We’ve put together several fun designs along with blank templates for you to create your own brick stitch egg designs. Or why not print the templates and get your kids, grandkids, nieces or nephews to design your eggs for you.
We’ve created 3 sizes of egg, the smallest is perfect for earrings. The middle size is great for a pendant. The largest is perfect for decorations and card embellishments. However you can use them however you’d like.
Our Easter egg designs are worked from the bottom up, using Miyuki Delica beads. The first row is created using ladder stitch or square stitch (this is personal preference, some people find one way easier than the other).
If you’re new to Brick stitch we have a very helpful video showing how to get started.
Continue adding 1 row at a time in brick stitch, taking note of where the increases and decreased are. We have another mini project that shows decreasing and increasing in much more depth. You can find that here.
TIP; You may want to mark of the beads on the pattern as you go to help you keep your place.
To create the hanging loop of beads; exit out of a top corner, pick up 5 small seed beads and then go down the opposite corner bead for the loop is nice and central. Then fasten off your ends. You can use the loop to add fishhook, attach a chain or add ribbon to hang them.
Small egg design Perfect for earrings
Beads used
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 DB310 matte black
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 neon mix (I pick up the individual colours for the stripes).
5 x size 13 or 15 seed beads for the top loop
Medium egg design Perfect for pendants
Beads used
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 DB2139 duracoat opaque dark orchid
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 DB2130 Opaque Underwater Sea
5 x size 13 or 15 seed beads for the top loop
large egg design Perfect for decorations
Beads used
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 DB731 opaque grey (bunny)
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 Pastel mix (for bunny ears and sky)
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 forest mix (for bunny eyes and leaves)
3 colours for flowers plus the centres;
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 DB2139 duracoat opaque dark orchid
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 DB2130 Opaque Underwater Sea
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 DB245 lined crystal medium pink
Miyuki Delica Bead size 11 DB232 pale yellow pearl
5 x size 13 or 15 seed beads for the top loop
You can create your own designs using our handy blank template too.
Download our designs here.
Download the blank template to design your own here.