This Easy DIY Fabric Pumpkin is very simple to make. You can make it in a variety of different fabrics and sizes to enhance your fall decor.  You may use a  cotton (batik Houndstooth  shown) or try using heavier fabrics like a twill or velvet.

• 1/2 yard of  fabric
• Scrap of contrasting fabric for the stem
• Buttonhole thread or strong thread
• Polyester fiberfill

1. Iron entire piece of fabric and fold so that the right side is together. Stitch selvages together with a 4/8″ seam. Iron seam open.  Keep inside out.

2. Thread needle with buttonhole thread or heavy thread. Make a knot at one end of thread. Beginning at seam make big basting stitches 4/8″ from bottom edge of fabric.

3. When you have gone all the way around, pull the knot from the beginning and use both ends of thread to gather fabric. When it is tight, knot the threads together in a square knot.

4. Using longer end of thread, wrap around fabric several times to tighten opening. Secure ends of thread by knotting again. Clip threads.

5. Turn pumpkin right side out. Stuff with polyester fiberfill. Begin by stuffing the walls then the inside.

6. Thread needle again with heavy thread. Knot one end and leave remaining end in spool. Do not cut thread!

7. Baste stitch around the top of pumpkin as you did for the bottom (this time on the right side of the fabric). Pull threads to gather. Adjust stuffing as necessary. Pull threads tightly.  Tuck fabric edges into the pumpkin.  Pull knot out of the beginning of basting. Knot securely with a square knot.  Keep the spool of thread attached.

8. Using spool end of thread, wrap thread around pumpkin twice to make a crease. Repeat 2 more times to make 6 sections as shown. The threads in the center top of the pumpkin will be scattered. Use spool to go under threads to draw them together at one point. Tie threads securely with existing threads from before. Clip threads leaving one long end from spool.

9. Cut 2 stem pieces from a scrap of fabric from pattern here:

Download Houndstooth Pumpkin Stem-PDF

Stitch stem pieces right sides together with a 1/4″ seam on 3 edges as shown.

10. Turn stem right side out. Stuff with fiberfill. Finger-press 1/4″ around stem edge as shown.

11. Center stem open side down onto center top of pumpkin. Thread needle with long end of thread left on pumpkin. Hand stitch stem to pumpkin. Alternate stitches from crease of stem to gathers of pumpkin until you have stitched all the way around to stem. Knot and clip thread.

Decorate with your other fall items!

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