Gathered Stuffed Pumpkin
It's almost time to start thinking about the next season and here I am still making pumpkins!
My house is decorated for Fall, it is Fall, almost time to start thinking about Christmas and still I can't stop seeing pumpkins in everything I do.
Today I started out making something else and before I knew it... I was making a pumpkin!
Take a look...
I have a fully stocked craft room/office in my house, I know, I'm lucky! I also have a fully stocked workshop in my basement.
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I go up and down all day, paper crafts upstairs, big projects downstairs. My Fitbit shows my amazing number of stair stats everyday.
Today, while setting out to do something else, I tore off a piece of an old, faded IKEA curtain I've had for years.
If IKEA had any idea how great these curtains are and how many projects you can make with them, they'd sell them for twice as much.
When I tore off the piece of fabric I noticed that the pattern in the fabric caused it to gather when it was torn.
Woah! That looks cool! And yep, a pumpkin with ribs came to my mind!
I put the right sides together and used hot glue to attach the ends.
Then I grabbed a needle and thread and gathered the bottom of the soon to be pumpkin to create the bottom.
Now I had a great pumpkin shape that was just calling for stuffing.
So I used Polyfil, but I often use stuffing from an old pillow, and stuffed the fabric pumpkin to the top.
At the top I once again gathered the fabric with a needle and thread.
Once the top was gathered you could see the great ribs the gathers in the fabric created!
For the tendril I used a piece of rebar wire that I coiled around a dowel.
Another choice would be to add a Fall leaf, whichever you choose will look great!
So that was it!
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The story about how I made an impromptu pumpkin from a scrap of an old curtain.
The print in the background is by Karen Lind. She is a great artist that makes fabulous prints for your home.
I just wish I could remember what I originally set out to make downstairs today. 😜
Recycled fabric is always the best! I also just finished making these cute little pumpkins... the sweater just didn't look that good on me so I cut it up and made sweater pumpkins with it before the day was done!
READ MORE: RECYCLED FABRIC PROJECTS
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