Basic Fabric Pumpkin

If you like fabric pumpkins, then this sewing tutorial is for you. This sewing project will take one hour and a half to make it. Yet, you will like this fabric pumpkin once it is complete. You can hang this fabric pumpkin on any doorknob in your home. Also, you can use Halloween fabric and make a Halloween fabric pumpkin doorknob hanger. 

Fabric pumpkins additionally make cute decorations for autumn and Thanksgiving. This basic fabric pumpkin can be hung on a wall or a doorknob. You can use any color fabric and ribbons. This fabric pumpkin was sewn by hand. Here is the sewing tutorial. 

Materials:

Leftover fabric

7/8 X 18 feet ribbon

Needle

Thread

Scissors

Fabric marker

Round paper plate

Cotton balls 

Fold the fabric in half. Place a paper plate on top of the fabric. Trace a circle onto the fabric. Next, cut the fabric. Sew the two circles together. Leave an opening to insert the cotton balls inside the circle. 

Insert the cotton balls. Sew and close the circle. Make a pumpkin stem using leftover fabric. Insert cotton inside the leftover fabric and close the stem. Sew the stem on top of the pumpkin. If the stem is too big, fold the fabric in half. 

Sew the folded stem on the back of the pumpkin. After that sew the ribbon on the middle of the pumpkin and stem. Sew the ribbon on both sides. Make a bow out of ribbon. Sew the bow. 

Then cut another ribbon and make a loop.  Sew the ribbon onto the side of the pumpkin. Make sure the bow does not get sewn while sewing the looped ribbon. Trim the leftover threads with scissors. Now, you can hang your fabric pumpkin on a wall or a doorknob. Have fun sewing! 

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