Romancing Fall

Lace Pumpkins

Glittered Pumpkins

Sweatered Pumpkins

I've been creating White Fall Pumpkins

for birthday gifts and for our home.

These are so simple to make!

I began with carvable pumpkins from the dollar store,

painted a pale color so the orange doesn't show through.

( 'sample' paint comes in handy!)

Below on the left you can see the painted one

with the stem cut out.

The tree branches for stems

were soaked in bleach to lighten,

and I brushed on a bit of paint also.

The lace pumpkins were wrapped with leftover lace curtain fabric,

and one was from a lace top I no longer wore.

For the sweater pumpkin, I bought a large white sweater

from a thrift store.  See that cut off sleeve?

That made one pumpkin.

...Obviously there's enough to make several...

I gathered the cuff with thread and stitched together,

then covered the pumpkin and gathered the top.

The branch piece went into the hole,

and I hot glued the stem to the fabric

and embellished it with ribbon, lace, and vintage jewels

from my stash.  Wire tendrils and a Fall tag

were the finishing touches for these

R O M A N T I C   P U M P K I N S

I am currently working on a couple of

Cinderella Carriages

(the most romantic use of a pumpkin!)

and will show those in my next post.

~ How Are You Romancing Fall? ~

~ Violet ~