A few weeks ago my friend Kathy gave me an adorable decorative miniature quilt that she made herself. Intended as table decor, I have been using it on a side table in the living room underneath a lamp. It is so cute - photos in a moment 😎
Kathy is a very skilled seamstress and quilter so when I thought about making something in return, I knew it had to be sewing themed. After thinking about it for awhile I came up with this sewing inspired pumpkin. I'll show you exactly how to copy it for yourself but first, the quilt:
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Table Top Quilt
One side of the quilt features a collection of six pumpkins arranged around a checkerboard center while the back is made of mostly orange Halloween inspired section of fabric. Let me tell you, I know which side is intended to be the top and which is the bottom, but I like both so much that I keep flipping it over! I consider it an added bonus that the quilt is reversible,
it gives me more opportunities to fuss and play 😉
Now on to that pumpkin:
Step 1
For this project I used a Dollar Tree foam pumpkin and removed the stem by gently pulling.
I ended up using a wooden spool as a replacement stem, but even if I'm keeping the original I take it off to make decorating easier.
You can click this
Dollar Tree (affiliate) link to browse their section of holiday decor, though if you are looking for pumpkins you my have better luck going in store.
While you are there, make sure to stock up on buttons, hot glue sticks and other craft supplies 😉
Step 2
I wanted to tone down the orange so I repainted the pumpkin in Apple Barrel Harvest Orange. The shade is very similar to the pumpkin as purchased, but not shiny. Besides, I needed to cover up those blemishes 😉
Step 3
While the pumpkin was drying, I painted a wooden spool in Apple Barrel English Ivy Green.
Step 4
Once dry, I cut apart an old sewing tape measure and hot glued two sections of it around the pumpkin. I intentionally left one side of the tape in inches and the other in centimeters because I liked the variation in detail, but either way is fine.
Step 5
A fabric leaf and the wooden spool topped the pumpkin nicely and are held in place with a little more hot glue.
Step 6
Lastly I embellished the pumpkin with a few buttons in shades of orange, green, brown and white.
Seasonal Gift
I added a treat bag for Kathy's granddaughter too 😊
These are really easy to make. Just grab a piece of pretty paper and add a label or create a design on your pc (see
this post from Abbey at
Just a Girl and her Blog). Cut your design into a square, fold lengthwise into a rectangle and staple to the top of a standard sandwich bag. Voila, you have an adorable treat bag!
Want to make it even easier, skip the design process and purchase your treat bag labels ready to go-
You can click
here to view this printable set and more in my Etsy shop.
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I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!
