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Pumpkin Decorated With Yarn Embroidery

ByJennifer

I had a half faux pumpkin  and thought it would be fun to try to make a pumpkin decorated with yarn embroidery. I thought it would be an interesting spin on stitching with yarn to try. This is a fun idea for decorating a faux pumpkin.

A white pumpkin with an embroidered black cat and bat design, wearing a red bow tie, surrounded by small pumpkins and greenery on a wooden slab. The image has a watermark reading "Jennifer Rizzo.

I decided on a bat with a bow-tie because… why not? It’s kind of fun! Start by makring our your design and then carefully pre-punching your holes in the pumpkin.

 

A close-up of a white, embroidered pumpkin with small drilled holes arranged in a specific pattern. The logo "Jennifer Rizzo Design Company" is visible on the lower right.

I found out it’s easiest to first draw your image,mark the holes with a marker and then punch them or carefully drill them out. It saves on the fingers trying to push a needle through a foam pumpkin. The two closest holes are going to be where you create a stitch with your yarn.

Close-up of a crafting project where black cord is being threaded through a white surface using pre-punched holes. Some black dots are visible on the surface, hinting at an embroidered pumpkin taking shape.

to stitch my bat, I just used regular, black and red  yarn. Another thing you can do with a faux pumpkin is add clay and make it look like a faux ceramic pumpkin.

Close-up of a white surface with black thread embroidered in a star-shaped pattern, resembling an intricate design on an embroidered pumpkin. The text "Jennifer Rizzo" is printed in small letters at the bottom.

Once the holes were punches out, it was just a matter if going in and out and following your stitch line. The yarn covered up a few of my punching mistakes.

A white embroidered pumpkin features a stitched outline of a cat wearing a red bow tie, accompanied by a smaller orange pumpkin and air plants.

It took about 30 minutes to follow all of the stitching along my lines. I did the same with the bow-tie in red yarn. He’s kind of cute,scary. I placed a drop of glue on the backside to hold the end of the yarn in place.

A white pumpkin with an embroidered black-stitched bat design wearing a red bow tie, surrounded by smaller pumpkins and greenery.

I added some air plants for decoration. I think they are some creepy looking plants. They remind me of spiders.I always forget to give them a soaking. I am one of the few people who can actually kill air plants. It’s a real talent.

Close-up of an embroidered pumpkin with stitched black facial features and a red bowtie, surrounded by a small orange pumpkin and air plant, all resting on a wooden slab.

I do like the half pumpkins because they come with a hanger already on the back and it make sit easy to embroider, but you could do this will a full foam pumpkin as well by removing the top for access.

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