Friday, September 27, 2013

Velvet Pumpkins

I love the velvet pumpkins I see online, they just aren't in my budget. So I thought I could make my own. I found velvet in more neutral fall colors and went to town. I just loved making these cute little things. They were very easy and fast.

the colored door - velvet pumpkins

Here's what you will need:
First you will need to go hunt down some sticks or leftover pumpkins stem if you can find them. I really wanted to make sure the pumpkin stems were really dried out before I used them. 
Velvet - in whatever colors you like
Beans - or something else to give the pumpkins weight (optional)
Stuffing
Needle and Thread
Hot Glue Gun


I found the biggest bowl I could find, it was about 13" across. I put the velvet face down and used a pencil to mark around the bowl.

the colored door- velvet pumpkins

I cut the circle out, just remember it does not have to be perfect. It will be gathered together at the top so you won't be able to tell.

the colored door - velvet pumpkins

I used white thread to match the velvet and stitched around the perimeter about 1/4" from the edge.

the colored door - velvet pumpkins

I gently pulled the thread to gather it all around the edge.

the colored door - velvet pumpkins


1) I put beans in the bottom to give it some weight. 2) I filled it with stuffing. 3) then I pulled the strings tighter to gather the fabric at the top. 4) I saved a pumpkin stem from last year to use as my stem, you could also use a stick, that is what most of mine have. I pulled out the hot glue gun and put glue on the stuffing to help hold the stem in place.
the colored door - velvet pumpkins

5) I pulled the strings tight around the base of the stem 6) and stitched through the folds multiply times to lock the string in place.
the colored door - velvet pumpkins
Here it is all stitched together. I just love how it is kind of oval looking just like a lot of the real white pumpkins I see. I might add some more colors this year.  I even like the pink pumpkins I have seen around. The girls would love to have pink velvet pumpkins in their rooms. 

the colored door - velvet pumpkins

I just love them all grouped together. As you can see I went a little crazy making them. For the smallest pumpkins I used a cereal bowl as the outline and they are pretty small. You need a surprisingly large bowl to get a decent size pumpkin.

the colored door - velvet pumpkins




the colored door - velvet pumpkins




the colored door - velvet pumpkins



the colored door - velvet pumpkins


Happy Fall everyone! 




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7 comments:

  1. I love how these turned out - so simple and elegant!!

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  2. Absolutely stunning presentation...I love neutral fall decor! This would be great to link-up to Create It Thursday #22…it's live now! Hope to see you there!

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  3. Very nice! Love the colors you used to create these.
    Thanks for linking up to this week's Catch a Glimpse Party! I'll be featuring this tomorrow! :)

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  4. Last year I collected a whole bunch of pumpkin stems because I was planning to teach my friends how to make velvet pumpkins this year. I stuck all of the stems in a plastic sack and tucked them into my Halloween stuff when I put it away. I just opened up the bag yesterday and found all of the stems absolutely COVERED in nasty, fuzzy mold! Oh my gosh! I threw them all away. If I do this again, I think I will set the stems in a low oven for several hours to see if I can dry them out so that doesn't happen again. Gross!

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  5. Gorgeous and thanks so much for the tutorial. http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2013/10/fall-in-breakfast-room.html

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  6. Love these! They look so easy to do but look like you bought them somewhere expensive, thanks for sharing! Stopping by from Inspire Me Please.

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  7. What a pretty clever idea. I did not know you could do such beautiful velvet pumpkins. Thanks for sharing.

    Ellya

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