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How to Make Fabric Pumpkins

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Want to learn How to Make Fabric Pumpkins?  You’re in luck, I’ve got a great tutorial to share that will show you how to make these cute and colorful fabric pumpkins!

How to make Fabric Pumpkins (the easy way)

My kitchen table has been in need of a little update for fall.  I’d been seeing these Fabric Pumpkins around in the last year or so and wanted to try and make myself a few.  I finally did and am tickled pink on how they turned out. (Or should I say tickled orange and purple?)  They make the cutest little centerpiece on my dining room table.  I think I’ll make a couple for our teachers (just for fun.)

How to make Fabric Pumpkins (the easy way)

Would you like to make some fabric pumpkins too?  It’s so easy and you don’t even need a sewing machine!

How to Make Fabric Pumpkins

Materials:

  • Fabric
  • Pillow stuffing
  • needle and thread
  • hot glue
  • scissors/ruler
  • Something for the stem and leaves (I used sticks I found outside leaves from an old discarded fake plant, but you could use felt or fabric for the leaves (if you even want a leaf) and for the stump you could stuff a small piece of felt or fabric or use a stick from the yard or maybe even a twisted brown paper sack.)
  • Twine, string or yarn to wrap around the pumpkin.
  • twine, raffia, felt or extra fabric (in case you need to hide any exposed hot glue around the stem, I only needed it on 2 of my 3 pumpkins.)

Instructions:

Cut your fabric into a rectangle, different dimensions will give different shapes.  Technically, a standard pumpkin shape would be width = 2 times the height.  I wanted various shapes that would complement each other, so for reference my cut pieces were:

orange fabric:  15.5 wide by 7.5 tall
purple fabric:  32 wide by 13 tall
stripe fabric: 21 wide by 16 tall

Fold your fabric in half, right sides together and hand sew, machine sew or even hot glue the side seam.

Next, sew a wide basting stitch along the bottom of the tube.  (I tried to use my machine for this basting stitch, but it works better hand sewn since you can get a much wider stitch.)  Gather the bottom up so it is tightly closed and sew a few stitches to secure the bottom.

Flip the fabric right side out and stuff your pumpkin.  (To conserve my stuffing, I made a hole in the middle of the stuffing and used plastic bags and fabric scraps, then put stuffing on top.)

Sew a basting stitch along the top and close it the same way as the bottom.

Pull the top closed and add a few stitches to secure it.

Wrap the twine/string around the pumpkin 2 to 4 times (whatever looks best to you.) Wrap it tightly and tie it off on the bottom.  The tension gives the pumpkin the the puffiness.  If the knots at the bottom bother you, you could cut a circle of fabric/felt and hot glue it over the knots to cover them up.

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Add a dollop of hot glue to the top of the pumpkin and attach your stem.

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Add your leaves and twine with a little more hot glue and Voilà!  A pumpkin!  Cute isn’t it?

Now go make a few!

Learn how to make a quick and easy Fabric Pumpkin. These Colorful Fabric Pumpkins are so simple to make - this tutorial demonstrates either with hand sewing and glue or by machine!

What fall sewing projects do you have lined up?

*photos updated 7/2017Spruce up your Fall Table with this quick and easy tutorial on How to Make Fabric Pumpkins. #fabricpumpkins

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  1. Your tutorial for the fabric pumpkins is clear and in my opinion the most doable one I have seen lately. In other words, I can see myself making some of these! Thanks for a great idea that is appealing and attractive, Crafty Mom!

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  2. These are great and your instructions make them seem so easy! I am going to try this with my son and send some to his teacher. Thank you so much for your wonderful tutorial

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  9. Very cute! Love the colors and patterns! I have my faux pumpkin items and fabric sitting on my crafting table, ready to go! Great minds think alike, you won the race! Haha…..NeeCee at pinecreekstyle.blogspot.com

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  10. WOW!!! Great job!!! Thanks for the tutorial! I think I can make these! YAY!!

    Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!

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  11. I love the purple one! Your pictures are just lovely too. Thanks for the great tutorial. Your idea about making them for teachers is a great one. I'll have to remember that sometime-they'd make such cute gifts!

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  13. I just love these! I've been wanting to make some but wasn't sure exactly how to! Thanks so much for sharing these. Hmmm… wonder if I could make these for Christmas gifts?

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  23. These pumpkins are so cute. Love that you used real sticks for the stems. Thanks for the great tutorial. I'm visiting from Shabby Nest's linky party and I'm your newest GFC follower. Would love it if you had a chance to visit some time and follow back. Have a great weekend!
    Tuula 🙂

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  26. This is a really clever idea–so cute. My end results turned out adorable because your instructions were very clear. Thank you so much for sharing. These will go on my table, as well, served with my very pumpkin cookies & candy corn cheesecake.

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  28. Thank you. I have also seen these but your tutorial tells me I can do it! I especially like the purple one, and I don't like purple!

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  34. Love, love it. I love fabric pumpkins and will be making a few for myself. Love the colors and pattern you choose. Adorable! Thanks for sharing your inspiration with Sunday’s Best – you helped make the party a success!

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  37. I just love your pumpkins and orange is my favorite color, so I will try to do them….tomorrow ;-)) Thanks and your blog is a pleasure to visit !

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  44. Love this fun project. If you are worried about taller ones falling over you can stuff the middle (in a plastic bag like yours) with some beans or lentils.

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  47. I love these pumpkins!! Great tutorial. In reading the comments and thinking about stuffing the pumpkins, how cool would it be to have a small pouch filled with pumpkin spice to put in the middle of the stuffing? Look great, smell great!

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  49. Well, here I am a year later to say these are the nicest ones with great 'how-to' details, that I have seen. I've looked at a lot too. Thanks so much for sharing. Glad I found you.

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  50. Cool idea! I live in Hawaii right now and it's beautiful, but I'm really missing fall! I think this is the only kind of pumpkin that wouldn't rot weeks before Halloween. Visiting from the From Dream to Reality hop =)

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  57. Love your pumpkins! I am hosting my first ever Tuesday Link Up Party. I hope you can come over and link up with me!! I love meeting new ladies and getting to see all the amazing content everyone has to offer! h

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  63. I absolutely love this! Pinned. It is so fun to party with you. Thank you. I hope to see you at our party on Monday at 7 pm. Happy Saturday! Lou Lou Girls

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  64. Love these pumpkins, and wanted to let you know that I'm featuring them as part of Link It or Lump It today. Thanks for participating in our link party!

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  65. Cute, cute, cute! And so easy I could even whip out a few while watching tv with the hubs in the evening! Thanks! Appreciate the talents of those who can figure out how to make things and are willing to pass along the how-to’s to the rest of us.

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