Le Challenge - Thriller

 The Challenge for October was Thriller and I will be honest that I did struggle with this one.  Halloween kept creeping into my brain and in the end I had to give in.

 I first saw this pumpkin in a craft calender, in fact it is the same one that I featured in in 2010.  There is a link to it in my side bar.  Several have been printed since and for other crafts including knitting.  It was the first time that I had anything published.

I have always wanted to make it and after my brain could not come up with anything else I decided to go for it.

I did want to add a bit to the design so I used orange thread and a pattern on the sewing machine that looked similar to a pumpkin and added this to each of the 6 sections.

To add a bit of strength I machine embroidered with fleece interfacing on the back.

The stalk is made from felt and hand stitched around the edge with blanket stitch and then hand stitched to the top of the pumpkin.

It may not be a massive idea to come up with but I was "Thrilled" to make a simple item that I have been meaning to get to for nearly four years!

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