DIY Silk Dyed Eggs

pieces of fabric with silk dyed eggs laying on them with pussy willow branches next to them

I recently heard about dying eggs with silk fabric and I knew I had to give it a try. I love how these silk dyed eggs turned out! (Although last year’s decoupage eggs are still my favorite way to decorate eggs for Easter!).

My original intent was to thrift some old silk ties for this project (you need to make sure you are using 100% silk), however I didn’t like the colors or patterns I saw at the thrift store. And they were a little on the pricey side. So I did end up buying these silk fabric scraps, and I love the colors and patterns of the scraps. Plus, they were already cut to size, so a little less work! So while I think it’s a much better idea to thrift ties, if you’re going to buy, these are a nice set.

I also decided to try using plastic and real eggs, blown out. The other silk dying projects I saw all used real eggs that were just boiled. I wanted to be able to keep mine to use for decor from year to year, so I blew out my eggs before dying them. I also wanted to see if silk dying would work on plastic eggs. And it does, but the colors weren’t as vibrant on those eggs. So I would recommend using real eggs. And blowing them out first, so that you can reuse the eggs from year to year.