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Fabric Pumpkin Tutorials

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Fall is my favorite time of year! My girls and I are in the middle of decorating the house. So we are making some fun and cute fabric pumpkins! We found a few helpful blogs and we wanted to say thank you and share them with you.
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I found this first fabric pumpkin tutorial at The Cottage Home. This tutorial is filled with beautiful pictures and helpful instructions.

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This pumpkin tutorial is amazing! Joanne has a different materials list, which is great. Yes, that is right pumpkin stems! If you want your fabric pumpkin to come to life try this tutorial from The Simple Wife.

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Ok, I love Danielle’s use of fabrics!!!! These are so cute! I love the different sizes and she shows you how to make fabric pumpkins by hand sewing! So take a look at Thompson Family.

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If you want to make a quick fabric pumpkin! You have to try this one! Judy at Daily Yarns ’N More will show you how to make your own fat quarter fabric pumpkin.

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And with making all of these fabric pumpkins you might need a pumpkin pincushion.
Fiskars will show you step by step how to make this cute pumpkin pincushion. Make sure you read the last tip. If you want to know how to get the grosgrain ribbon to curl, the last tip is worth taking a look at.
I hope you enjoy this collection of tutorials!
Happy Stitching!
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Comments

Erika Mulvenna said…
These are all great, thanks for harveseting these links! And speaking of sharing great links, have you visited www.WeAllSew.com yet? Lots of people sharing stitchy stuff like patterns, tutorials, videos, and much more.
Thanks for sharing with us..wonder if I will ever have the time to make some.

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