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No Sew Fabric Pumpkin DIY

With just a few supplies and a little bit of creativity, you can add a touch of autumn charm to any room in your home with these no sew fabric pumpkins!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Fall
Servings: 1
Author: Cindy

Ingredients

  • cloth napkin or fabric scrap
  • poly pellets
  • polyfil
  • precut stiff paper covered wire
  • jute twine
  • zipties
  • ziploc sandwich baggies

Instructions

  • pour approximately 3/4- 1 cup of poly pellets in a sandwich baggie.
  • place the baggie in the center of the fully opened cloth napkin.
  • place a handful of polyfill on the baggie.
  • pull all four corners of the fabric up towards the center and secure them together with a zip tie but do not tighten the zip tie completely.
  • pull the edges of the napkin all the way through the zip tie, making sure the edges are secure in the zip tie.
  • pull the zip tie snugly ensuring the napkin edges and corners are all secured inside the grip of the zip tie.
  • fold the heavy gauge wire in half and then stick it into the hole created with the zip tie. try not to damage the cloth napkin with the wire.
  • tie a length of the jute twine around the neck that the zip tie created leaving plenty of excess.
  • pull two of the fabric napkin corners in towards the heavy gauge wire and wrap the jute twine around the corners and up the were creating a thick and bulky pumpkin stem.
  • slightly bend the stem for a whimsical look.
  • cut one leaf design from scrap fabric like burlap or heavy canvas.
  • push the end of the fabric leaf into the same area as the heavy gauge wire.

Notes

Feel free to modify the step-by-step tutorial and use regular fabric. The fabric can be cut in a variety of sizes to create different sized pumpkins.
Watch the video linked at the top of this post to see this DIY cloth pumpkin being made!