~making fabric pumpkins~

Well, our unseasonably warm and dry fall continues up north, and as much as I am enjoying my beachy coastal decor, it’s time for some pumpkins don’t you think?

Or "punkins" as our Grade Ones insist on calling them

"pump" as in "jump"

~pumpkin~

yes, they say, punkin!

sigh, they are so cute!!

This year I have enjoyed making some fabric pumpkins, they are not very difficult to make and are a really fun project. 

What I love is that you can pretty much use the supplies you have on hand : fabric, stuffing, bits of lace and ribbon and a glue gun. 

{Hint: you also need a good, strong needle to stitch the bottom up.}

And there is something very fallish about going out looking for the perfect sticks to make pumpkin stalks!

I used a tan chenille for this pumpkin, prettied it up with lace and wrinkly seam binding ribbon, jute and a vintage earring. 

Isn’t this such pretty vintage lace! This pumpkin has a pearl earring glued on.

I love the rustic touch the twig stalk gives the pumpkin.

I also made some smaller pumpkins out of natural osnaburg. Really you can be as creative as you like decorating these pumpkins. This one I “segmented" with jute.

Added a few pretty pearls…

Give it a try! If you don't find a clear enough tutorial let me know and I'll post some directions. 

Right, I’m off to make pecan pie ready for our Thanksgiving dinner! 

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers!

Tracey

linking up at these fun parties:
 We did it! Wednesday @ Sew Much Ado
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
Primp your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp 
The Inspiration Board @ Homework 
Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts 
the 36th Ave party 
Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home 
Fabulously Creative Friday @ Jennifer Rizzo 
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage 
Air your laundry Friday @ Freckled Laundry
SNS @ Funky Junk Interiors

~shabby parcel~

i love gifts

i love giving them

and i love receiving them

and the packaging is a big deal to me, it says, i took the time to think about you and your gift

it doesn't have to take a long time, just a little imagination

how do you like this shabby parcel??

all i did was take a scrap of natural osnaburg (one of my fav fabrics)

wrap it loosely around the gift

tie it up with twine

pretty it up with shabby seam binding and a tag

i love the unfinished edges

plain and simple

it kinda makes me feel like i'm out on the wagon trail with my special parcel!!

Tracey

sparkly gems

i picked up this huge glass hurricane for a steal a while back (at a thrift store of course!)

and decided to fill the base with decorative sand...

did I mention it is huge, I could barely see the first bag of sand I poured in there

time for another plan...

so I discovered these fake sparkly jewels at Michaels

used my coupons to buy two packs, just love them

nestled a big fat candle in the middle

and finished it off with a long strip of my stamped french fabric (still loooving those stamps!)

doesn't it look pretty!

Take a look here for the parties I'm linking up to!

happy days,

Tracey