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Rustic fabric pumpkins
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Fabric Pumpkins

You can make one of these easy fabric pumpkins in about 20 minutes with very basic sewing skills and our free pattern.
Prep Time20 minutes

Equipment

  • Sewing Machine and Thread
  • Hot Glue Gun

Ingredients

  • Fabric
  • Sticks for stems
  • Stuffing (such as Poly Fill)
  • Ribbon, twine, leaves, etc for decorating

Instructions

  • Print the pattern (found in a blue box in this post). Use it to cut 5 petal shaped pieces for each pumpkin.
    Fabric pumpkin pattern and pieces cut out
  • Lay two pieces with wrong sides together. Sew along on curved edge, starting even with the center of the piece and ending 1/8th inch before the center. Use a 3/8th inch seam allowance for the smaller pumpkin and a 1/2 inch seam allowance for the larger pumpkin.
    Sew top edge of two pieces together
  • Flip the piece over so the seam runs along the bottom. Fold down the top half of the piece.
    Two pieces sewn together; top piece folded down
  • Place a third piece on top, matching up the top edges, again with wrong sides together. Sew along the top edge, stopping 1/8th inch before you get to the center.
    Placing another piece on and matching top edge; top edge sewn
  • Repeat that process two more times, laying the sewn pieces so the seam is along the bottom and folding down all but the bottom piece. Add a fourth piece and sew along the top edge as directed. Repeat to sew on the fifth piece.
    Top piece folded down again
  • Pull the pieces apart to create a ball shape. Stuff with a large handful of poly or fiberfill.
    Fabric pumpkin and polyfill stuffing
  • Squish the stuffing over and pin together the last seam, placing your pins about an inch away from the edge so you can fit it under the presser foot. Sew the seam the same way you've done the others.
    Pumpkin stuffed and final seam pinned
  • This gives you a ball with a hole in the top. Add more stuffing through the hole if desire. Glue a stick down through the hole to act as a stem.
    Fabric pumpkin with hole in top; stick with green ribbon; hot glue gun
  • Decorate with ribbon, twine, or leaves as desired.
    Stem glued into fabric pumpkin

Notes

A quarter yard of fabric is enough for one large and one small pumpkin, or 3-4 small pumpkins depending on how you cut them out. If you don't want the edges to fray, make sure you cut the pieces straight up and down on your fabric.