Here's one I prepared earlier..... by Trish

Hello!

You have NO idea how badly wrong this project went...... did you know it's really not a plan to think a quick waft of the heat gun to speed up the drying time will be absolutely fine even though its a plastic skeleton?......................  His leg then melted and fell off.

So.... plan B!

This little fella is clearly showing off his prowess in the pumpkin department...

The 'plinth' for the pumpkin is created from an ATB cube kit, lots of puff paint and crackle going on to give some rather spooky texture...

The pumpkin itself is actually really easy to create, you can do these in all kind of sizes and then paint them up in an array of colours, really good for seasonal decoration!

How? Like this...

Take a rectangle of fabric. Any size, as you can see this hasn't been measured or even cut straight!

Fold over in half, then sew up the two ends. No fancy sewing needed!

Next, sew a running stitch around the whole of one end..

Pull the stitches tight, then secure with a tight knot...

Turn the fabric inside out....

And fill with wadding/batting....

Sew a running stitch around the top...

And again, pull tight and secure with a knot.....

Next, take some embroidery floss and sew up through the centre of the pumpkin...

Take the thread over the side and then up through the middle again. Pull tight, then repeat 6 times around the pumpkin to create the 'sectioning' effect you're after....

Tie off the thread, then you're ready to paint it! I used white gesso first to give a nice tooth, then used orange acrylic paint..

I glued on a bit of twig for the stem, and a scrap of green fabric for the leaf.  My plastic skeleton looks rather pleased with it...

Have a good day!
Trish xxx

CCP used: ATB cube Kit