Fabric Pumpkin Tutorial
Here’s a quick project to get you in the Halloween mood:* Erin of Schlosser Design has a tutorial and downloadable pattern for making these cute fabric pumpkins.
It’d be fun to do a whole pile of these in different sizes and fabrics and use them as throw pillows or decorative accents. You could also fill them with plastic pellets instead of batting for a floppy beanbag pumpkin.
There’s lots of room for decorative excesses, too: Sew on buttons or charms, embroider pretty designs, use fabric paint or markers to give them jack-o’-lantern faces. Little personalized ones would make a cute hostess gift or wedding favor too.
Sigh. Is it Halloween yet? How about now?
Now?
Damn.
*I’ve been in the Halloween mood since last January, but that may just be me.
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September 11th, 2008 at 11:53 am
and that is the perfect gift for my sewing friend whose bday is Hallowe’en (I like the ‘—I think it makes it look spookier) I shall make her a pumpkin
pillowpincushion!September 11th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I think I will give this a shot, my kids love pumpkins. Every year when the first little pie pumpkins come out I have to get a couple. I like the pie pumpkins best, I prefer their rich color to the more garish ones that come out later.
September 11th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I have some awesome dancing skellington (Sp?) Fabric that’ll be perfect for this!
I’ve been in a Halloweenie
mood too.
I’m just so excited about it this year! It’s gonna be on a FRIDAY!
*jumps around excitedly*