TURQUOISE VELVET PUMPKIN! THE WITCH IS IN & SEWING

Wondering what I did yesterday?

I took the whole day to myself

to do something fun!

Well, AFTER I cleaned the kitchen

TOP to BOTTOM

that is!

Then I cleaned and put 

THE SHINE

on the wood floors.

I had not intended to do any of that-

BUT YOU ALL KNOW

how that is!

Anyway,

Mid afternoon I started a'cutting and a'sewing.

These are so much fun!

There are probably 1000 Tutorials

out there on how to make these babies

but, let me tell you,

these are so easy it's like child's play.

The hardest part is finding the 

velveteen around here.

You simply cut a big circle-

Stitch all the way around the edge 

then pull it till it is open about 2".

Do not cut your thread-

leave it dangling until after you fill it.

I then used a kitchen funnel

okay I used MyHero's garage funnel--shhh

and put about 1 cup of rice in the bottom 

of the pumpkin..

I then added pillow fiberfill until

it was PLUMP

and I am NOT making any FAT JOKES

about 

PLUMP PUMPKINS

but I will make another little 

PLUMP JOKE (at my own expense)

in a minute.

When it is as full as you want it to be,

stitch the top closed by just pulling

the edges together.

After I did a couple

I got smart and used 

DENTAL FLOSS for thread.

Then, I simply glued on 

DRIED PUMPKIN STEMS

that I collected last year.

 Just so you know-

that first picture is the 

HOLE where the fabric WAS...lol

As you can see, it doesn't need to be perfect!

And the rice in the funnel is pretty blurry-

Hey! YOU try to take a picture of

YOURSELF pouring rice through

a funnel while holding your camera.

Let me know how that goes for ya.

I didn't even get a chance to stage them

because I gave 

ONE TURQUOISE PUMPKIN

to my daughter-in-love

and one to my daughter.

EDITED TO ADD:
When the pumpkin is all stuffed
before I glue the "handle" on-
I take a long, thin dollmaker's needle
and run a piece of thread from the 
middle of  the bottom up to the
center of the top and pull it tight.
That is what gives it the "shape".
You can pull it as tight as you want
so you can round the bottom as much
as you like.

HA! I have more in the works

and I will show them to you soon.

Dast I show you 

THIS ONE

before I have the stem attached?

Now is that a sexy pumpkin, or what?

The "plump" joke I promised you

from the mouth of

THIS ONE!

Our powder room on the first floor

has a pocket door that slides into the wall.

I am on the potty.

The door slides slowly open.

CJK looks at me.

"Nana," he says in all seriousness,

"You are way too big for that little toilet."

"Thank you," I tell him.

"You're welcome," he replies.

okay-

Let me just say this-

I am a 

NORMAL SIZED PERSON.

We have a 

NORMAL SIZED TOILET.

He is never allowed to visit again.

And, if you believe I'll stick to that statement

I have some swampland in Florida

you might like to buy.

Have a great Monday-

It is my favorite day of the week----

yes, I know I am weird.

Thank you for reminding me.

ps.  Don't forget -you can still
sign up for the giveaway until 
Halloween!
Here's the link to that post.