Welcome Stampin' Friends!
Today is Stampin' Royalty Challenge Day! Challenge #93 is a picture challenge...
When I saw the picture I decided I wanted to make some fall home decore! I love the little pumpkins and have always wanted to make some, so that I could just pull them out each year. So, here are my pumpkins!
I made them with the Spice Cake Designer Fabric (#124066). They are super easy and lots of fun to make!
Here's how to make them....
1.For the medium pumpkin cut your fabric to 5" x 10" (what ever size pumpkin you make the length should be twice the width).
2. Fold your fabric the long way, right sides together and stitch the side closed creating a square shape, a 1/4" seam allowance. You could do this by hand if you like, just make it tight.
3.With a needle and thread, using a basting stitch around the bottom, pull it tight and tie it off.
4. Turn the pumpkin right side out, do another basting stitch around the top and stuff with Poly-fil. (Put in more than you think you need.)
5. Pull tight and stitch closed.
6. Using a big needle, thread it with Linen Thread (#104199), tie a knot in the end (I used about a yard for the medium pumpkin). Pull needle up from the bottom and throught the middle and out through the top, continue this untill you have the desired number of sections in your pumpkin, pulling tight each time. Tie it off and snip off the thread.
7. For the stem, I drew my own pattern, making the stem slightly bigger than the size I thought it should be. I cut this out and pinned it to some brown felt, then cut out two pieces.
8. Top stitch the two stems together, leaving the bottom open. You can do this with your sewing machine or by hand. Stuff some Poly-fil into your stem.
9.Hot glue your stem to your pumpkin, I squeezed the bottom of my stem together a little as I pushed it down into the pumpkin.
10. I added a skinny strip of Crumb Cake card stock that I wound around a dowel, adhering it with Hot Glue.
My larger pumpkin measured 7" x 14". You can see I added a leaf to this one, I die cut it with the Leaves #2 die (#113459) out of some felt and then machine stitched around it to give it some added texture.
For my smaller pumpkin I cut my fabric to 4" x 8".
These are so cute sitting next to my tv! I want to make more!!! I hope that you will make some too.
Don't forget to play along with our picture challenge this week!!! And check out what my fellow Stampin' Goddesses came up with for this challenge, amazing!
Oh my word, these are so stinkin' cute! And they look quite easy to make ... maybe even easy enough for me! Thanks for sharing this great project.
Posted by: JulieA | October 21, 2011 at 11:17 AM
my link didn't work -- here is my blog
http://annescardchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/10/bakset-o-pumpkins
Posted by: Anne | October 20, 2011 at 03:15 PM
I made two of these little guys.. take a look.. I would love to hear your imput.. you can find them here.. thanks
Posted by: Anne | October 20, 2011 at 03:13 PM
Love how you made these.....I am definitely going to make these...thanks for the tutorial
Posted by: Beth | October 13, 2011 at 08:59 AM
these are adorable. thank you for the tutorial.. i will have to give these a shot..
Posted by: -Anne- | October 12, 2011 at 08:52 AM