Harvest Pumpkin Stitchery

In a September post I shared a photo of my Autumn

foyer decor that includes a pumpkin wall hanging.

Today I'd like to show you more details

 about that project that was stitched this summer.

The pattern was created by Crab-apple Hill

and was purchased from a quilt shop I like to visit

when traveling to Northern Michigan.

Look at all of the rich floss colors used in the stitching!

To transfer the pattern to my fabric,

large plastic paper clips secured the fabric to the pattern.

Since I have a glass top table, a lighted flashlight 

was placed under the table shining upward.

A colored pencil was used to trace the pattern onto the fabric.

The pumpkin outline was created using the fly stitch.  

The left half of the pumpkin features sunflowers.

Multi-color oak leaves and acorns

are a focal point on the right half of the pumpkin.

The Autumn themed words were the most difficult to stitch.

The letters were fairly small so extra care was necessary

to assure crisp, legible words.

My fabric stash included some striped fabric

 that repeated the floss colors so this was used

for borders and binding.

 A hand-written label on the back 

documents the history of the work.

Once the prep work was completed, 

this was a great project to carry when away from home

 and stitch when a few minutes were available.  

Thanks for letting me share this stitchery with you!

Until next time, live and love well.

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