Ok. I went to JoAnn's craft and fabric store for a stroll through the fabric and saw this darling pumpkin stack that was priced somewhere around $30. I thought (don't we all!) "gee, I can make that" (LOL) and so home I went, dove into the stash like the cat lookin' for a mouse in the hayfield and came up with a few small pieces of Halloween colored prints and WALLA! I was off to the races....hmmmm,let me see now, how did that look? Ok, senior moment, forgot exactly...go online, look at JoAnn's website, AHAaaaa, there it is; print picture, pin it to the wall above the cutting table and away I go. You've figured out by now that I have no pattern, RIGHT? Right.
He (she?) turned out pretty much BIGGER than the one at the store, my Spider was a really fun, used yarn (fun fur type) and made loopies for her legs, oh, and did you see those little "beady" eyes? HA! A couple of colored seed beads did the trick. I used multicolored thread for the stitching around the pumpkin's eyes, mouth and nose (noses?-well there are three of them!)
Ok, serged around the edges, put 'em all together and Uh-Oh...what about that hat? And the brim is supposed to "stand out"? Oh dear. Got out some really heavy interfacing, drew on it, cut it out, used it for pattern to cut the fabric, ok, yes, its REAL stiff, now for the hat part...oh yeah, and the band. Say WHAT? Ok, hat part should be able to cut it using template from FAT CAT quilt ( it worked) and a wide strip of fabric for the band, now "ease" all together. But wait, I need to embroider something on the band. Chose a little ghost/halloween design; once accomplished, put it all together and here she is! Whew!!
