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Skill level 2
Spooky Soft Pumpkin
Supplies:
Tools:
7 pumpkin- colored calico fat quarters
1 brown calico fat quarter
1`2 yard green felt for leaves and vines
Scrap of orange felt for nose
Chenille stems
2 1" buttons for eyes
3 16- ounce bags of fiberfill
Embroidery floss or perle cotton
Basic sewing supplies
Glue
Directions:
1. Enlarge pattern pieces 250 percent.
2. From one calico fat quarter, trace and cut out circle for pumpkin bottom.
3. Trace and cut out 6 pumpkin sections from remaining calico fat quarters. If desired, stitch
several smaller pieces of calico together in a crazy- quilt style. Embroider as desired.
4. Stitch/embroider face on one pumpkin section.
5. Stitch pumpkin sections right side together. Leave an opening to turn. Stem piece will cover
opening.
6. Stitch circle to bottom, easing where necessary. Turn and stuff.
7. Cut out stem piece. Stitch right sides together. Gather short ends of stem. Pull tightly; tie off.
Turn stem and stuff lightly.
8. Turning raw edge of stem under 1`4", stitch stem to top of pumpkin.
9. To make vines, cut 2"x 12" lengths of felt. Fold felt around chenille stem. Stitch close to
chenille stem. Trim close to stitching. Curl vine around piece of dowel rod or marker.
Glue to top of pumpkin.
10. Trace pumpkin leaves on felt and cut out. Stitch small tuck at rounded end of leaf as desired
to create dimension. Glue/stitch to top of pumpkin.
Skill Level: Some experience helpful
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Pumpkin Base
Cut 1
Place on Fold
Pumpkin Panel
Cut 6
Stem 1
Cut 1