I remember raiding my grandmother’s sewing box for just the right color of thread I needed, and I remember finding some wooden spools there. However, I barely remember thread coming on anything but plastic spools.
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As I grew older, my grandmother began teaching me how to sew doll clothes and other items. I remember playing with empty wooden spools when I was a young child in the 60-70s. Today sewing thread comes on spools made of plastic and our grandmothers, and most assuredly, our mothers would have sewn their sewing projects using thread spun on plastic spools. The wooden spools you may find today are 50+ years old and are now antiques. Our great-grandmothers would have probably used sewing thread spun on wooden spools. I call it “great-grandma’s” because we are now living in a modern age, and thread no longer comes on wooden spools.
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This painting is part of a series called Great-Grandma’s Antique Sewing Thread. All transactions are via PayPal, a safe and secure way to make your purchase. > More information Purchasing Information NEW LOWER PRICE!įREE shipping and handling within the U.S.A.Ĭontact us for international postage and handling.īy purchasing your painting from this site, you are buying directly from Teresa Bernard. It is your guarantee the artwork you have purchased is a genuine Teresa Bernard Oil Painting. This painting comes with an official Certificate of Authenticity. See Artist Comments below for additional information regarding this painting. Hand-painted and signed by fine artist Teresa Bernard. Composed on a gallery wrap stretched canvas, it will not need a frame because the composition extends around the edges of the canvas. Using a running stitch, sew around the bottom of your fabric – don’t sew the fabric together, but sew along the edge.Description: A small still life painting featuring two antique wooden spools with sewing thread and needle. I used a back stitch for this, though you can machine sew it too. Make sure the “right side” of the fabric is on the INSIDE of your fold. Using other fabric is of course easier and you are welcome to use “normal” fabric too!įold the fabric in half so you get a square. This was the top back “panel” of our tshirt that we recycled into t-shirt yarn. 24cm x 12cm (or 10inch x5inch) as it will be easier to feed the needle for the pumpkin segments. for best results, start off with a small pumpkin – e.g. The large orange pumpkin I made was quite difficult, as my needle wasn’t quite long enough…. However, I didn’t “over stuff” this red pumpkin, which allowed me to feed the needle through the centre. Our first one was approximately 30cm x 15cm (12inch x 6 inch). This is the super fun and easy bit! Make your basic fabric pumpkin and then simply hot glue on your real pumpkin stem! Easy peasy! You can even add a fake leaf or felt leaf if you wish!Ĭut out your fabric – twice as long as it is high. Job done! How do you make a pumpkin with real stems? My second tip is (you will see below and in the video), when stuffing the pumpkin, squish to see what the final size will be and check that your needle is long enough to run through the centre.įinally, if there is a super wrinkly segment, that you are not so happy about. So either make them “flatter” (less stuffing) or smaller. Though I adore my big pumpkin – if you make them too big, it is very hard to run the needle through the centre.
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My MAIN tip for making fabric pumpkins is the SIZE. Hope you do have a go at these easy fabric pumpkins! So fun.
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Very much a together project and getting them interested! People often ask me when to START teaching kids to sew, and my simple answer is – as young as possible! When they are very little, you can do some paper plate sewing projects with them, as well as “real” sewing projects, where they do a few stitches and you complete the rest. Though you can use any fabric you wish! More great sewing projects for kids here. It is also great for fine motor skills and concentration, as well as teaching kids to make “new from old” – especially with out fabric pumpkins, as we recycled old T-shirt fabric and pillows for this. Sewing is a life skill that is quickly being lost.
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now we have our own fabric pumpkins, we won’t need to get any more!Īs you know, I am passionate about teaching kids to sew. We always buy mini pumpkins this time of year.
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that you can enjoy the full season ahead. as they both start out the same way! I love crafts that have super simple patterns and are easy for kids to make too! Needless to say, this sew a fabric pumpkin how to is perfect for Fall, Halloween and as Thanksgiving Decor. If you have mastered the easy How to Sew a Pyramid Chicken craft popular here on Red Ted Art, you are ready for the this How to Sew A Pumpkin tutorial.