Tuesday, October 22, 2013

{Fabric Wrapped Dollar Store Pumpkin}

Hey, y'all!  I don't know about you, but I LOVE those little carve-able pumpkins from the dollar store.  Every year I try to think of a new way to decorate one of them.  This year I decorated one with fabric and notions sent to me by Jesse of the Fat Quarter Challenge.
Make a tacky dollar store pumpkin fabulous using fabric scraps! www.pitterandglink.com
I started with a dollar store pumpkin.
I trimmed the stem off the pumpkin.  Then I ripped strips of a really pretty pink and aqua fabric.
I wrapped the strips around the pumpkin, using hot glue to secure them.
I didn't glue the fabric where the stem would go because I had to leave space for the new stem I planned to attach later.  When I finished wrapping the pumpkin, I thought it needed a leaf.
I pulled a couple of leaves off of some silk flowers.  I painted them with a coat of metallic gold and a coat of gold glitter paint.  While they were drying, I attached my stem--a small piece of a branch--to my pumpkin.
I used hot glue to attach the stem in the void left by the original stem.  I glued the fabric strips to the base of the stem.  I cut different lengths of ribbon and sequins and attached them to the base of the stem, and I attached a leaf over that.  Then I had a beautiful pink pumpkin!
Make a tacky dollar store pumpkin fabulous using fabric scraps! www.pitterandglink.com
The pumpkin looks so pretty on my dollar store cupcake stand!
Make a tacky dollar store pumpkin fabulous using fabric scraps! www.pitterandglink.com
And y'all know that I love that it's pink with a bit of glitter and a few sequins!  I hope it's cute enough to win the Fat Quarter Challenge.  You're probably thinking, "What is the Fat Quarter Challenge?"  Well, come back tomorrow to read my review of the challenge, learn how you can vote, and enter a giveaway.  Have a great day!
Disclaimer: While Jesse of Fat Quarter Challenge gave me some of the supplies for this project, all opinions are 100% mine.  For more info on my privacy policy, check out the fine print tab at the top of the blog.

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12 comments:

  1. This is such a pretty pumpkin! I love the gold accents, too. Beautiful!

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  2. OH MY GOODNESS! Prettiest pumpkin ever. You are so clever. I love the ribbons falling down!! too cute.

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  3. LOVE! My favorite part is the ribbon and bling!

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  4. Love that IKAT fabric, so very pretty. The colors are gorgeous. When I first saw IKAT didn't like it but it's working on me so now I love it. Even found some IKAT burlap at HL. Think I need to get some of it for whatever project I might want to use it for.
    It's sure amazing what you did with a $ pumpkin. It looks great, awesome idea to cover it and put the bling on it. No other pumpkin like that one. Great project, glad you shared it. Such a fun looking pumpkin. Happy week

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  5. I love this, Bethany! I have some of these pumpkins hanging around (who doesn't?) and this may be what I end up doing with them! Great tutorial, lady!

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  6. WOW, Bethany I absolutely LOVE your pumpkin! It's so fun and can be displayed year round! :D

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  7. So cute. Great way to turn and icky foam pumpkin into something cute.

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  8. very cute, love the colors! i just made some fabric pumpkins from vintage sheets :)

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  9. Ummm, lets just say I'm O-B-S-E-S-S-E-D and going to The Dollar Tree TOMORROW!! :) Thanks so much for this awesome DIY idea!!

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  10. What a fun and happy pumpkin! Love that print!

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  11. I love how super bright and fun this pumpkin is. Great touch with the gold and the sequins!

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  12. As usual, you are a creative genius!! Love it, especially because it's pink!! Thanks for sharing this at Show & Share last week! You were the most viewed link so I'll be featuring this tomorrow!!

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