How to Make Easy No-Sew Fabric Pumpkins

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Who needs real pumpkins when you can have these adorable no-sew fabric pumpkins. Then again, I guess it depends on what you’re doing with them. Real pumpkins are great for the porch and the kitchen. But fabric pumpkins are great little autumn decor items that you can make yourself. Fabric pumpkins make the perfect addition to your Fall home decor. See how to make fabric pumpkins the easy way with this no-sew fabric pumpkins tutorial. No need to break out the sewing machine when you can create DIY fabric pumpkins with just a few simple steps. #fabricpumpkins #nosewfabricpumpkins #clothpumpkins #DIYfabricpumpkins

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Materials Needed / Source List

Makes 1 no-sew fabric pumpkin (5″ high x 5″ wide – including stem)

  • Scrap fabric – use a lightweight woven material like cotton, twill, broadcloth or flannel
  • Fabric scissors (You can find them here)
  • Measuring tape or ruler 
  • 1/2 cup Navy beans (uncooked)
  • Polyester stuffing (You can find some here)
  • Driftwood or tree branch, appx 4″ long (you can order some here)
  • plastic sandwich bag, appx 16.5 cm x 14.9 cm
  • rubber band
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DIY Fabric Pumpkins

Instructions:

As always you want to first gather your materials. Easy peasy.  fabric pumpkins, materials to make fabric pumpkins, diyi fabric pumpkins

  1. Iron fabric prior to starting to remove all creases and wrinkles.
  2. Using scissors, cut scrap fabric into a circle shape that measures 14” in diameter.  cutting fabric, make fabric pumpkins, scrap fabric pumpkins
  3. Tip for cutting fabric into a circle: Fold the fabric in fours. Measure and mark 7” along each side length and at the center length on the 45-degree angle. Cut the fabric joining the marked points. scrap fabric, fabric scissors, scissors with orange handle, black and white fabric, fabric pumpkins diy
  4. Put circle aside. measure fabric, round fabric, ruler, fabric pumpkins tutorial
  5. Fill a plastic sandwich bag with ½ cup of uncooked navy beans.how to make no sew fabric pumpkins, diy pumpkins, pumpkin craft
  6. Fill the rest of the bag with polyester stuffing. Place over top of the beans. stuffed fabric pumpkins, diy fabric pumpkins, no sew fabric pumpkins
  7. Insert the driftwood into the middle of the bag through the polyester stuffing with one end poking out of the bag in the center.pumpkins with driftwood stem, diy pumpkins, how to make fabric pumpkins, easy pumpkin decor
  8.  Seal the bag closed on both sides of the driftwood. easy diy pumpkin, pumpkin decor, fabric pumpkins, no sew projects
  9. Loosely wrap an elastic band around the driftwood and let it fall to the top of the bag. diy fabric pumpkins, fabric pumpkins, cloth pumpkins
  10. Lay the fabric circle with right side facing down and place the filled bag in the center.  how to make fabric pumpkins, fall pumpkins, diy pumpkins
  11. Begin folding the fabric edges up and into the elastic band. wrap fabric around stem, diy fabric pumpkins, fabric pumpkins diy
  12. Work one side at a time until all fabric edges are folded in. Adjust as needed until the desired look is achieved. cloth pumpkins, fabric pumpkins, black and white fabric pumpkins,
  13. For the smaller sized pumpkin, cut the fabric into a circle that measures 10” in diameter and reduce the number of beans and badding inside the polybag. Use a shorter piece of driftwood and follow steps 4 to 10. things to make with scrap fabric, scrap fabric pumpkins,
  14. If the driftwood lifts up and out as you fold in the fabric, simply push it down to where it needs to be and continue folding in the fabric.
  15. Enjoy! scrap fabric projects, fabric pumpkins

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Easy DIY Fabric Pumpkins

No need to break out the sewing machine when making these fabric pumpkins. They’re so easy to make you can make a few for yourself and a few for your friends. These DIY fabric pumpkins make the perfect addition to your Fall home decor. fabric pumpkins tutorial, how to make fabric pumpkins, easy pumpkin craft

You can adjust your easy no-sew fabric pumpkins with your decor by swapping out different fabric patterns.

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Love Fabric Pumpkins? You May Also Like:

If you love these little DIY fabric pumpkins but maybe don’t have the time, or prefer not to make them yourself. You can find some really cute pumpkins decor online here:

  • Set of 4 Velvet Pumpkins found HERE. velvet pumpkins
  • Decorative White Pumpkin found HEREpumpkin decor, white pumpkins
  • Raggedy Fabric Pumpkin found HEREcloth pumpkin, raggedy pumpkin, primitive pumpkin, fabric pumpkin
  • Watercolor Pumpkin Throw Pillow Case found HERE.  blue pumpkin, watercolor pumpkin, pumpkin pillow, pumpkin decor

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Fabric pumpkins make the perfect addition to your Fall home decor. See how to make fabric pumpkins the easy way with this no-sew fabric pumpkins tutorial. No need to break out the sewing machine when you can create DIY fabric pumpkins with just a few simple steps. #fabricpumpkins #nosewfabricpumpkins #clothpumpkins #DIYfabricpumpkins

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