Recycled Fabric Pumpkin with Label

This was a fun project... I saw a stuffed pumpkin in the store with a pretty fabric label on the front of it. It was so cute and I figured not too hard to make.

The hardest part was deciding on the stem but I worked that out in the end. 

I'm happy with how this adorable stuffed, recycled pumpkin came out and the label is bonus! 

Take a look...

The pumpkin I saw in the store had a ticking stripe on it and a printed fabric label that was fringed. 

How hard could that be to do? I've made a ton of stuffed pumpkins!

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I've even printed on fabric before. 

So here's what I came up with... I looked through my collection of fabric items that were too cute to give away and I came up with a Pottery Barn grain striped table runner. 

The runner had too many stains to save but if I was careful I could find just enough fabric from this 10' runner to make my pumpkin. 

I cut a piece about 14"-16" long, my runner was lined so if the fabric you are using isn't you'll need twice as much fabric. 

The first thing I did was to turn my runner inside out grab a rubber band. You can use twine, or a zip tie. Just make sure it is tight!  

I gathered one end of the fabric and tied it together tightly, then turned the runner back to the right side. 

I used a very squishy feather pillow to stuff my pumpkin but you could also use the inside of an old, washed pillow. 

I pushed the feather pillow down inside my runner and then tied the top with jute. 

I used more thin jute to wrap around the pumpkin in all directions to create the pumpkin ribs. Make sure you leave a space for your label in front. 

At the top of the pumpkin I gathered all the fabric and cut it straight across.

I used thick jute from the dollar store and hot glue to wrap all the way up the stem and around the center. 

This is a great way to create an easy stem but I had another idea I wanted to try so I started over. 

I cut the jute stem off near the bottom with a serrated knife. 

Then using hot glue I glued a very large real pumpkin stem I had from a recent trip to the pumpkin patch to the top of the cut off stem. 

I wrapped the stem with Spanish moss and I like this idea for a stem even better. Either one is a good idea! 

Next, I printed out my label. I used a whole sheet of 8" x 10" full sheet sticker paper and cut a piece of drop cloth fabric to fit on it. Trim the edges so it is the exact same size as your sticker paper. 

Now you're going to print out a design onto that fabric by running the sticker paper/fabric through the printer. 

I have, and love, an Epson Ecotank Printer and it took a few tries to get the fabric in the paper slot but it worked fine in the end. 

I found this free printable design at Crow's Feet Chic. 

I used hot glue to attach the label to the pumpkin and it was finished! 

Not too shabby! 

It looks very much like the pumpkin I saw in the store only I recycled fabric and used what I had instead of spending money! 

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Give this idea for a recycled fabric pumpkin a try. There are so many variations to try. Switch out the stem, the fabric, or the label!

READ MORE: PUMPKIN PROJECTS

That pretty gold wreath was another recycled project recently!

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