Easy Lacy Vintage Pumpkins

Can you believe it's the middle of October already?  It seems like time is flying by so fast.  Soon it will be time to start decorating for the holidays. While many of you are enjoying fun Fall activities such as hayrides, pumpkin farms and corn mazes we are still having summer temps and Miss A and her friends spent yesterday at the pool.  But, the weatherman promises we will have some fall temps in the next couple of days.  I can hardly wait.  Well, so much for the weather let's get on with today's project.  

Aren't these little guys the cutest?  My sister owns a fabric store and every once in a while she sends me some sort of cool item along with a challenge to see if I can come up with an idea using whatever she has sent.  So this time it's buttonhole trim.  I'm sure you've seen it - on the backs of wedding gowns and prom dresses.  It's the loops that are used to button all those tiny little satin covered buttons on those beautiful long backs. I've used it before - you can see those projects here and here.  So for fall, I decided to wrap this trim around a little dollar store pumpkin.  I think they turned out really cute and it takes such a short time to make one that you can have a whole patch made in an afternoon. 

        Easy Lacy Vintage Pumpkins

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You will need:

•    7 yards of buttonhole trim ( I used the trim found here 
•    small dollar store pumpkin about 6"
•    glue gun and glue sticks
•    twine
•   (the pumpkin can be painted white before you start to make sure no orange shows through)

    

This is really a very easy process to make this little pumpkin.  I simply started by gluing the buttonhole trim in a circle on the bottom of the pumpkin as shown above.  I didn't cover the bottom completely but you can if you like.

Continue gluing the trim around that circle trying to keep the edge of the trim butted up against the edge of the previous row so there is no orange showing.  Continue going around the pumpkin, gluing the trim on and matching the edges.  The following pictures show the progress.

                                    

When you are done it should look like the above picture.

The next step is to cover the stem.  I started at the base of the stem with twine and simply wound the twine around the stem gluing it occasionally to keep it in place.

Next, I cut a single strand of twine and tied it around the base of the stem to make it look like a bit of vine, trimming it to the length I liked.

Here they are all done in a small vignette with the cutest little Gather sign I received as a gift for my birthday a couple weeks ago.  I love the vintage, lacy look these have.  They can be used in so many different vignettes - vintage, rustic, all white, shabby chic - so versatile.

   

                                                            

Are you still making Fall projects like me or have you moved on to the holidays?  I am making my plans for my holiday decorating and gathering my supplies but, I have yet to start any projects.  I love to hear from you all so tell me about what you are doing in the comments below.  

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Until next time have fun creating something you love.

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