Gathered Stuffed Pumpkin

It's almost time to start thinking about the next season and here I am still making pumpkins! 


My house is decorated for Fall, it is Fall, almost time to start thinking about Christmas and still I can't stop seeing pumpkins in everything I do. 


Today I started out making something else and before I knew it... I was making a pumpkin! 


Take a look...


gathered pumpkin on mantel with print and wreath


I have a fully stocked craft room/office in my house, I know, I'm lucky! I also have a fully stocked workshop in my basement. 


As you're reading through this post please pay attention to the bold blue links that will take you to more information and the products I used for this project. Also the READ MORE sections will take you to related Homeroad projects. 


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I go up and down all day, paper crafts upstairs, big projects downstairs. My Fitbit shows my amazing number of stair stats everyday. 


Today, while setting out to do something else, I tore off a piece of an old, faded IKEA curtain I've had for years.


ikea curtain package



If IKEA had any idea how great these curtains are and how many projects you can make with them, they'd sell them for twice as much. 


When I tore off the piece of fabric I noticed that the pattern in the fabric caused it to gather when it was torn. 


gathered curtain fabric



Woah! That looks cool! And yep, a pumpkin with ribs came to my mind!


I put the right sides together and used hot glue to attach the ends. 


hot gluing sides of fabric



Then I grabbed a needle and thread and gathered the bottom of the soon to be pumpkin to create the bottom. 


hand sewing the gathered bottom


gathered bottom of pumpkin shape


Now I had a great pumpkin shape that was just calling for stuffing.


gathered bag of fabric



So I used Polyfil, but I often use stuffing from an old pillow, and stuffed the fabric pumpkin to the top. 


stuffing in pumpkin shape



At the top I once again gathered the fabric with a needle and thread. 


gathered top of pumpkin



Once the top was gathered you could see the great ribs the gathers in the fabric created! 


I checked around for a real pumpkin stem but it seems I'm out of them for the season. I just made too many pumpkins!


Instead I used a piece of an antique yardstick that had 4 sides, a very cool piece!


pumpkin with yardstick stem



I hot glued it into the center then added Spanish moss around the top.


pumpkin stem and moss and tendril



For the tendril I used a piece of rebar wire that I coiled around a dowel. 


Lastly, I added a leaf. I know, it isn't a pumpkin leaf but it looks cute anyway!


top of pumpkin with stem and leaf



Another choice would be to add a Fall leaf, whichever you choose will look great! 



fall leaf on top of stuffed pumpkin



READ MORE: PUMPKIN PROJECTS


stuffed pumpkin and mushrooms



So that was it! 


watercolor of stuffed pumpkin


Please pin for later --->> 


stuffed pumpkin and overlay



The story about how I made an impromptu pumpkin from a scrap of an old curtain. 


stuffed pumpkin on mantel with wreath and photo


The print in the background is by Karen Lind. She is a great artist that makes fabulous prints for your home. 


I just wish I could remember what I originally set out to make downstairs today. 😜


stuffed pumpkin, black crow and mushrooms



Recycled fabric is always the best! I also just finished making these cute little pumpkins... the sweater just didn't look that good on me so I cut it up and made sweater pumpkins with it before the day was done! 


orange sweater pumpkins



stuffed pumpkin with fall leaves in a frame



READ MORE: RECYCLED FABRIC PROJECTS


stuffed pumpkin



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stuffed pumpkin on the mantel


 


 

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I am Susan, the author and creator at Homeroad. I am a wife, mother of 4 daughters, and a grandmother of 5 and counting. I am a retired teacher, a DIY blogger and an artist at heart. .