DIY Ruffled Fabric Pumpkins

Good morning, fabulous friends! It was a gloriously Fall-ish weekend with chilly nights and cool days. Ahhh! I’ve had a fabric pumpkin project on my Fall to-do list for several weeks and I finally had time to get it done over the weekend. I am in. love. with these adorable ruffled fabric pumpkins!

Oh my word. Aren’t they so cute?!

This mini chevron pumpkin is one of my favorites. And the little stick stem is perfect.

I also love this short and squatty ruffle-y pumpkin made from ticking-like cotton. Swoon.

Anyone can make my ruffled fabric pumpkins! They are super easy to create!

Supplies:

• Fabrics of your choice
• Upholstery thread {I recommend this because it’s very strong.}
• Needle, Scissors, Ruler
• Hot glue gun and glue sticks
• Beans, rice, gravel or anything to weigh the pumpkins down a bit
• Batting or plastic grocery bags {recycle, baby!}
• Sticks or something for stems
• Sewing machine for ruffles…or make them by hand.

 1. Measure the width and length that you desire. My pumpkins measured:

• Black & White Greek Key – 36″W x 13″H
• Squatty Ticking – 44″W x 15″H
• Baby Red Chevron  - 14″W x 7″H
• Yellow and White Polkadot – 30″W x 16″H
• Red Chevron – 22″W x 10″H

2. Match right sides together and stitch up the side seam. You can use a sewing machine, but I just used a needle and thread. Easy peasy.

3. Next, use a wide gathering stitch and sew around the raw edge.

4. Finish it off by securing with several stitches through the gathered fabric “knot.”

5. Turn the pumpkin “shell” inside out.

6. Add a handful of beans to the bottom.

7. Stuff the pumpkin with plastic grocery bags and batting. I liked using a combination of the two.

8. Gently pull the thread to gather the fabric together. If you think the pumpkin doesn’t have enough batting, now is the time to add more. Secure the opening with a few knots and be sure to leave space for a stem.

Since this pumpkin was so short and round, I decided to do a little tufting. I pushed the needle and thread up and down several times while pulling firmly on the thread. Then I secured it with a knot.

A few sticks from the yard worked perfectly as stems. I would love to try some with stems from a pumpkin patch…someday. To secure the stems, I gobbed some hot glue on the end and stuck them down in the pumpkins.

On to the ruffles! I cut 1 1/2″-2″ wide strips of each fabric. Each strip was about 44″ long.

I used my sewing machine {set on the longest stitch} to sew strips together and then I sewed right down the middle of each strip. Then, carefully gather the ruffles. Last, I used hot glue to apply the ruffles to the pumpkins. There are so many possibilities!

I cut a few burlap leaves and hot glued them on.

I can’t get enough of yellow this year. Love this mustardy polkadot.

And that’s all there is to it! These DIY Ruffled Fabric Pumpkins are incredibly simple and inexpensive to make. They take more time than anything, but I think the results are worth the time to create them!

Have you ever made fabric pumpkins?

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XO

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