Pumpkin Pillow

Use a felted wool sweater and a touch of embroidery to create a comfortable and attractive pumpkin pillow. This pumpkin pillow is perfect for autumn decorating, from Halloween through Thanksgiving.

Materials:

• Aleene’s Fabric Fusion™ Adhesive
• Orange wool sweater – felted
• Fabrics – greens and brown wool
• Embroidery floss – green, brown, deep orange
• Needle with large eye
• Polyfill
• Scissors
• Pinking shears
• Sewing pins

Instructions:

1. Felt sweater if needed. Fill washer with small load of hot water and a small amount of laundry soap. Wash sweater then dry in dryer.
    
2. Lay sweater flat on work surface. Use pinking shears to cut out pumpkin shape from body of sweater using ribbing of sweater for bottom of pillow.
   
   
    
3. Cut out desired number of leaves from green fabrics, and then use pinking shears to cut a stem shape from brown.
    
4. Pin stem to another piece of brown fabric then use brown embroidery floss to sew a basting stitch around stem leaving bottom open. Use pinking shears to trim excess fabric from stem leaving a ¼” border. Stuff stem with small amount of polyfil.
   
   
   
   
    
5. Sew each leaf onto a contrasting green then trim with pinking shears.
   
   
    
6. Pin stem into position at top of pumpkin inserting about 1” or so between layers.
    
7. Use needle with deep orange floss to sew a basting stitch along sides, leaving bottom open.
   
   
    
8. Stuff pillow with polyfil.
   
   
    
9. Sew curved lines on front of pumpkin as shown, hand knotting at ends then trimming close to knot.
   
   
    
10. Cut an oval piece from sleeve section to fit bottom, pin in place, stretching to fit if needed, and then sew together.
    
    
     
11. Apply a thin bead of Fabric Fusion™ to back of one leaf then press in place where shown at base and top holding with pins if needed till dry. Position last leaf behind stem and apply glue where it touches stem and pumpkin. Press in place holding with pins if needed till dry.