My Table Scraps Challenge project was a thinking project for awhile. I thought about Blue Pumpkins and kept thinking of Cheree's of The Morning Latte. Her recent quilt, Once in a Blue Pumpkin is spectacular. But this is a table scraps project and not an entire quilt.
I searched pumpkins on the internet and there are lots of ideas. 'Tis the season, you know.
I finally settled on this idea from Lori Kennedy Quilt. Now her cute little orange pumpkins are adorable. I needed a blue pumpkin!
Mine involved some light blue 4" squares, some crumbs cut to 4" squares for the bottom, some flax seed for weight, some fiberfill, some blue perle cotton , some doll making needles , a scrap of green wool and a piece of a willow branch from our yard.
I "free motion" stitched some leaf shapes onto the green wool then trimmed the shapes. Not nearly as pretty as Lori Kennedy's but OK from a distance. I tacked the leaves down and hot glued the little branch piece to the center of the “blue-pumpkin”. I didn’t think it looked finished, so some twine finished it up!
There you have it! Blue scraps, a scrape of green wool, a scrap of a willow twig and a scrap of twine!
All from my cupboards except for the twig, which was in the yard!
I’m linking up with The Joyful Quilter . Using the color of the month from the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and the prompt from Table Scraps Challenge, I now have a cute and useful pincushion. He’ll look pretty good sitting in out R,W,and B family room!
Also linking this Blue Pumpkin with Angela at ScapHappy Saturday.
Wishing her and family Godspeed as they head into a weekend of storm watch.
And I'm excited to add this to Whoop Whoop Friday! Welcome Back, Sarah!!!
Oh cute! And the perfect pincushion for this time of year, too. Thanks for linking to the tutorial - I was wondering how you turn squares into a pumpkin shape, but now I see! I might have to make one of these!
ReplyDeleteSEW adorable, Judy!!! Thanks for sharing with the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge.
ReplyDeleteAdorable project, Judy. Love all the hand stitching and the special sunflower!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I found a similar prompt and was planning to do something similar. Love how yours turned out.
ReplyDeleteLove your blue pumpkin, Judy!!! So cute!!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your blue pumpkin!!! Now I want to make one too. It's adorable. Great project for the RSC. Thanks for the references. ~~ Kathy S.
ReplyDeleteI love blue pumpkins! This is so cute, thanks for the link to the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to make the blue pumpkin pincushion. So fun.
ReplyDeleteHi Judy, that's a lovely blue pumpkin :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely pin cushion - so nice to see one in a different colorway.
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