Prim Pumpkin Fringed Table Scarf Embroidery Project

Linen will shrink so prewash your linen and press with Magic Sizing® or spray starch to restore body to the fabric. Cut your linen 14” by 38” keeping on the grain lines as close possible.

Fold your linen in half lengthwise and mark a line down the center of the scarf with a Frixion or other removable fabric pen; measure up 5.5” from the bottom edge and draw a horizontal line across the bottom of the scarf; measure up 8” from the 1st horizontal line and draw a horizontal line across the scarf; draw 2 more horizontal lines each 8” up from the previous line.

For the 1st pumpkin cut a 4” x 4” sq of your leaf print; a 5” by 4” rectangle of three different orange prints for the sides and front of the pumpkin.

Spray each piece of fabric three to four times with magic sizing and press. This will prevent fraying of the applique pieces.

Apply Heat N Bond Lite® to the back of each applique piece following the manufacturer’s instructions.

For Scan N Cut users – remove the paper from the back of the fabrics and apply to your cutting mat fabric side up and roll with a brayer. Load the fcm file into your Scan N Cut and arrange the applique outlines over the appropriate fabrics; cut settings used for the sample were: Cut speed 4; pressure 4 and blade 4; your settings may vary depending upon the age of your blade.

To manually precut your applique pieces you may print the PDF file; place the appropriate pieces of the applique patterns to the front of the fabrics and cut on the outside line of the pattern pieces.

Or use the stitch and trim method following the instructions in our article on Stitch and Trim Applique.

Note all applique pieces in the pdf file and in the electronic cutter files have been slightly enlarged to ensure a perfect fit – you do not need to enlarge the patterns in the cut files.

Tautly hoop the linen with tear away stabilizer on the second horizontal line from the bottom of the table scarf; align both the horizontal and vertically marked lines with the guides on your hoop.

Load design PUMA01 into your embroidery machine, with Dark Olive (1194) stitch the first CS (color stop) for an outline of the leaf.

If using precut appliques carefully place the leaf applique and use into place. If using the stitch and trim method, spray a little adhesive spray on the leaf applique and place over the outlines.

CS2 is tack down stitches for the applique; they are not needed for the precut appliques but run them anyway as they will let you know that your applique is placed properly.

For Stitch and Trim users; stitch these tack down stitches; remove the hoop from the machine; do not unhoop; trim the fabric right up next to the tack down stitches.

CS3 in Dark Olive (1194) will stitch the border on the leaf; CS4 in Grizzly Bear (1258) and CS5 in Dark Chocolate (1059) will stitch the stem and leaf detail.

Load Carrot (1178) to stitch the next 8 color stops in the design. CS6 will place an outline for the left side of the pumpkin; place and fuse the precut applique or spray adhesive and place the fabric over the outlines if using the stitch and trim method; CS7 is the tack down for this pumpkin piece; if using stitch n trim method trim the applique after the tack down stitches as before.

Continue with Carrot (1178) through CS11 to place the applique for the second side; border the side pieces and stitch the outline for the center of the pumpkin using the same techniques.

CS12 and CS13 will complete the center pumpkin applique; CS14 in Dark Olive (1194) will stitch the star; CS15 in Vegas Gold (1070) will stitch the ribbon.

Remove your scarf from the hoop. Gently remove as much tear away stabilizer as reasonably possible – the small pieces will come out when the scarf is washed.

To have the pumpkins facing in the opposite directions turn your scarf around and hoop the marked lines on the second vertical and horizontal lines with tear away stabilizer.

Cut fabrics for the PUMA02 pumpkin as follows; a 4” x 6” rectangle of the leaf fabric; two 5” x 4” pieces of the same or different fabrics for the pumpkin sides a 5” x 5” square of fabric for the pumpkin center. Prepare all fabric appliques as outlined in Steps 4 through 6 above. Following the color chart stitch the outlines and place the appliques using the same techniques used for the 1st pumpkin applique.

PUMA03 is used at both ends of the scarf. Cut fabrics for each end as follows: cut a 5” x 4” orange fabric for the left side of the pumpkin; cut a 3” x 3” square for the right side; cut a 5” x 4” rectangle for the center; cut two 4” x 3” rectangles of leaf fabrics. Following the color chart stitch the outlines and place the appliques using the same techniques used for the 1st pumpkin applique.

Trim 1” off both the long sides of the scarf; make minor trim on the short edges to square up the table scarf.

Create the fringe by using a straight pin to lift the outside strands of linen fiber from the edges of the scarf. Remove one strand of fiber at a time up to your stitched line then move to the next section of the scarf.

Congratulations your Prim Pumpkin Table Scarf is complete!