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Pumpkin Tea Towel - Easy Applique Project for Your Fall Decor
Make an adorable pumpkin tea towel with this simple tutorial. It uses basic hand sewing applique techniques that even a beginner sewer can do!
Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Active Time
40
minutes
mins
Total Time
1
hour
hr
Course:
Sewing
Yield:
1
Tea Towel
Author:
Patti Estep
Cost:
$5
Equipment
Embroidery needle
Materials
Tea towel or large napkin
Embroidery hoop
Embroidery floss
Scrap fabric
Instructions
Print out the pumpkin template.
Cut out the pumpkin pieces and trace them onto your scrap fabric.
Place it on the bottom of your tea towel.
Glue the fabric shapes onto the tea towel with fabric glue or
stitch witchery
.
Add the embroidery hoop around the area to keep the background fabric nice and taut.
Choose embroidery floss for each pumpkin in either a coordinating or contrasting color.
Tie a knot in one end then thread the other through the eye of the needle.
Come up through the back of the linen and pull the thread through until the knot catches.
Put the needle back down through the fabric above the first spot.
Move to the left or right of your fabric.
Bring the needle back up through, keeping the stitches close together to outline the pumpkin.
Repeat for each stem.
Use a pencil to lightly draw the vertical lines.
Stitch from the bottom just like before.
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