Pumpkin Fest

October is Pumpkin Fest for us Island Batik Ambassadors. I love making things for fall so this wasn't hard to do at all :-)  I saw the free pumpkin applique on Pintrest and decided I wanted to use it to make a skinny topper for an Amish cabinet I have in the front foyer. I picked colors from our second shipment of Island Batiks, however, I do not know the line as they were not marked this time.

I machine zig zagged the pumpkins and stems. When using the gorgeous Island Batiks for my appliques I do not use a fusible as they don't ravel. Elmer's Glue is my friend, I just run a thin line next to the edge on the wrong side of the fabric and iron to heat set it. Then applique down. Easy peasy and keeps my piece softer.

I love it and now I am thinking I need to make these skinnies for every season!!

But I didn't stop at just the skinny topper, our front door needed a seasonal quilt too.  I had made a patriotic one for summer and my door was looking naked now. So I had to whip up something so why not a matching pumpkin door quilt.  There are 2 shapes of pumpkins, the cabinet topper got the taller and the door the squatty one.

Since we have a steel door I hang these with little magnets that I slip into little pockets on the back of the quilt.

A super fun month of creating something with Island Batik fabrics.

Meet Elmer scarecrow. I made him years ago, but he still comes out to adorn our covered porch every year.




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