AUTUMN CRAFTS

 CRAFTS FOR FALL

Time for making those beautiful crafty home decor items and accents for the fall season!! I love crafting and trying to come up with something different and wonderful for decorating the whole house!

I've started making fabric pumpkins out of flannel fabric and some of the left over fabrics I've had laying around for years. I am in the trial and error phase, not sure what size I want the pumpkins to be so I am experimenting with different sizes and ways to make them. There are so many cute pumpkin crafts, some out of old sweaters, socks, rectangles of fabrics, cutting out pieces or using one piece of fabric. So many styles to choose from!

I was going for sewing them but now am thinking that I'll not sew as many and go for the one piece pumpkins. The stuffed kind are to my personal liking but if I can find those styrofoam pumpkins to cover, that will be good so I don't have to purchase a ton of non-toxic fiber filler.

After I finally get the process down the way I want, I'll make a bunch of pumpkins and then move on to something else, I'm sure. But, for now, here they are and I'm going to try to post a video at my YouTube channel of me making them. First I have to find a good way to film the video and that's half the battle!

I have designs on Spoonflower Fabrics and got this cute fat quarter kit!

I started by cutting them out at the edge of the border, then put them on top of black small ribbed corduroy fabric, traced them and cut that out. Now sewing and stuffing!

Notching the outside curves ...

Clipping the inside curves!

I'll post the photos when all of the pieces are done. I'm taking a craft break right now. But will be back with the finished product soon! Enjoy!

Turning a cat right sides out.

FALL HOME DECOR

 FALL HOME DECOR

AT MY SPOONFLOWER FABRIC SHOP

Fall is getting close! Wow, it seems to go faster every year! Surely, everyone with kids has been buying school supplies and clothes and all that good stuff needed, I'm sure! 

Oh, I'm so glad I don't have to, I could NEVER AFFORD IT!

BUT, others are getting their homes ready for FALL DECORATING and oh boy!!! They go 'all out' for this time of year! This is my favorite time of the year, fall decorating is so enjoyable and I really look forward to seeing what ideas people have prepared for fall decorating in their home and yards and front porches! I like to drive around town and see how people decorate their yards. At night, we ride around and view all the lighted yard ornaments. Simple fun!

This is also the time of year when we are changing the decorations so QUICKLY!! Halloween, Fall and Christmas, oh my!! It quickly rolls together as one big THREE MONTH decorating monster!

AT MY REDBUBBLE SHOP

Do you plan your decor? Do you just pick up something as you go shopping? Do you have a certain style? Do you mark the calendar as to when you change your decor?

So, I've been having a time of it, trying to decide what kind of wall art hangings I can create for this time of year. I have some at Zazzle and some at Spooflower, not many at Redbubble but will make some things for that shop soon.

Wall art is a simple way to add those cute designs to accent the season, easy to change out and store. Wooden shelf sitters are REALLY fun! They are so easy to interchange and mix and matching them is great fun and looks awesome!

I'm wondering which holiday is the one we decorate the most for. For some it's HALLOWEEN! For some it's probably Christmas. Or maybe it's just for FALL! So hard to know as a designer exactly what to design for at this time of year!

Get wall hangings at my Spoonflower shop!

I'll be adding more fall, Halloween and Christmas designs this week, it's that time of the year to design for everything!