How to make the softest fabric pumpkin pillows without a sewing machine.
It's coming…finally! I can feel it — fall is on the way! 🎃
These cute stuffed pumpkins are SO soft and will look great in your fall decor, or would work as cute pillows on chairs or sofas. It's easy to make fabric pumpkins and no sewing machine or experience is needed.
They are an easy knock off of the expensive Pottery Barn teddy bear pumpkin pillows. 🙂 When I first saw those adorable stuffed pumpkins, I knew I had to make some of my own.
I ended up making a bunch of them for the price of ONE from the store. This is when I really love DIY!
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These fluffy "teddy bear" fabric pumpkins were my inspiration for this project. I thought they were the cutest pumpkins/pillows — so soft and fluffy!
But the price…nope. At least when I knew I could recreate them for a fraction of what they are charging.
I went to the craft store in search of the softest, fluffiest fabric I could find. I got three colors in very similar fabrics — one light cream, one medium brown and one dark brown.
They are all SO SOFT and cozy. I just loved all three. The dark fabric is what I think is considered the true "teddy bear" fabric, but they all worked beautifully for this project.
I've never made my own fabric pumpkins, but I figured it out along the way. My first method worked OK, but then I did a little research and will be sharing the instructions I ended up using for the rest of the pumpkins.
This DIY fabric pumpkin how-to will work with both the fluffy fabrics I'm using and thinner options for cotton or velvet pumpkins.
First up, cut a rounded square or circle out of your fabric in the size you want:
