I think my favorite fall icon/symbol/item is the
pumpkin. My Thanksgiving table always
has a pumpkin pie. I roast the pumpkin
seeds from my Jack O’Lanterns.
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| Roasted pumpkin seeds - Yum |
And even
though there are no children in my household, Halloween wouldn’t be Halloween
without a carved pumpkin.
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| Smilely the Pumpkin |
And of course I make lots of pumpkin quilts, coasters,
needle felted ones. If it has a pumpkin
on it, I am probably going to try and make it.
Last year I had a blog post entitled Spool Knitted Pumpkin which showed how to make a spool knitted
pumpkin coaster. Check it out if you
like to spool knit. And I bet crocheters
could figure out how to make something similar.
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| Pumpkin coaster |
I have also used pumpkins with the kids crafts I do at the
farmers market. I traced a pumpkin
cookie cutter onto card stock and let the kids decorate it with orange
pompoms. (Check out the blog post:
Cookie Cutters Aren’t Just For Cookies )
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| Pompom Pumpkin |
Lately I have been making needle felted pumpkins. Using cookie cutters as a form, I have made
some ornaments for Halloween and Thanksgiving. How to do this is in Needle Felting in a Cookie Cutter. Just switch out a pumpkin cookie cutter for the bunny.
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| Felted Pumpkin with Cookie Cutter |
Next week I will have a tutorial on how to make a 3
dimensional needle felted pumpkins so check back here then and we will have
some pumpkiny fun. See you then.
© 2017 Cheryl Fillion
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| Fabric Pumpkins |
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