Fabric Pumpkin Tutorial

Add a touch of fall spice
to your home with these
fabric pumpkins.

Supplies:
-Fabric
-Fishing line or other strong thread and needle
-Stick or piece of wood
-Plastic grocery bags

Step 1:
Find something round in your house to use as a template for your pumpkin. I used one of our large dinner plates (a large serving platter would also work great).

Trace around your template.

Step 2:
Cut slightly outside the circle you just drew.

Step 3:
Sew a running stitch (along the line) around the entire circumference of the circle.

Slightly pull each end of string until the fabric begins to bunch together and form a pouch.

Step 4:
Grab a few grocery bags
(I used 3)

and stuff into the pouch you just created.

Step 5:
Send your kids on a scavenger hunt to find a small stick or piece of wood

Apply some hot glue to the end of your stick and place on top of the bags in the middle of your pumpkin.

Step 6:
Pull the two ends of your string really tight and tie into a double knot to secure.
The ends of the fabric should come right around your stick so that the grocery bags don't show.

*This is where it is important to use strong thread. I used regular cotton thread at first but it broke when I was pulling it tightly and trying to tie the knot. I went back and did it with fishing line and it worked great!

Tada!

Your very own
cute
fall
accessory.

I think it would be super cute to make a few of these with different fabrics and sizes.

*P.S. Does the fabric I used for my pumpkin look familiar?