Read through the instructions thoroughly before beginning and assemble all the materials needed to complete the project. The center pumpkin squares are stitched first and then the side pieces. All pieces are sewn together using the green binding and then the binding is added to complete the wallhanging.
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Step 2:
Audition the threads against the black fabric. You’ll want to use bright colors that show up against the black background. 80/20 black batting was used in the project as was the green embroidery thread to coordinate with the binding color for topstitching the binding.
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Step 3:
Begin by loading the first pumpkin design on the machine. Hoop a piece of stabilizer.
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Step 4:
Stitch color 1 which is the placement line for the batting and black Kona cotton. Quarter fold the batting. Place the batting in the hoop using the tick marks on the hoop as a guide. Open up the batting half way and then all the way.
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Step 5:
Place one square of cotton on top of the batting. Use either temporary spray adhesive or painter’s tape to hold the fabric and batting in place. Place the hoop back on the machine and stitch color 2 which will tack all the layers together.
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Step 6:
Stitch the pumpkin design colors. Stop. Carefully remove the hoop from the machine and flip it wrong side down on a flat surface. Center the second square of cotton on the back of the hoop.
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Step 7:
Change to a black bobbin. Spray or tape down the fabric and stitch the last color to tack all the layers together—this will also be the line used for trimming the squares down. Repeat steps 3-7 for the remaining two pumpkin designs.
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Step 8:
Load the Thanksgiving and Blessings designs on the machine. If you have a hoop large enough, you may be able to gang up both designs in one hoop as shown. Hoop a piece of stabilizer. If doing both designs in one hoop, move the first design all the way over to the left side of the hoop and up as far as possible. Stitch color 1, the placement line for the fabric. Remove the hoop and place it on the cutting mat. Mark the center of the line at the top and bottom.
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Step 9:
Fold one of the large pieces of black batting in half lengthwise and center as shown. Open it up. Center one piece of 5” black fabric over the batting. Stitch color 2 to tack all the layers together. Stitch the text.
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Step 10:
Load the Blessings design. Flip it 180 degrees and move it all the way to the right side of the hoop and to the bottom. Stitch the placement line for Blessings. Repeat the steps of marking
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Step 11:
and centering the batting and second piece of 5” black fabric. Continue stitching to complete the Blessings.
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Step 12:
Trim the stabilizer close to the outer stitching line. Trim the left and right panels ¼” outside of the outer stitching line.
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Step 13:
This is how the pumpkins will line up with the side panels.
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Step 14:
Trim the pumpkin panels ¼” from outer most stitching line. Open up, press, and then cut the binding pieces 1” wide by about 9” long. You’ll need 4 pieces for between the pumpkins. Place one along the back side of the bottom pumpkin at the top of the square.
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Step 15:
Place the second strip along the front, at the top of the square and sew both on using a ¼” seam allowance. Press the top piece up.
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Step 16:
The bottom of the middle pumpkin square will be sewn to the top of the strip just sewn. Place right sides together (make sure the side edges are aligned to keep them square) and sew a ¼” seam; press.
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Step 17:
On the back strip, fold under about scant ¼” and press over the bottom stitching line; pin in place.
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Step 18:
Using the matching green embroidery thread in the top and bottom, top stitch along both edges. Repeat using the remaining two strips of binding sewing the top of the middle square to the bottom of the top pumpkin square. Square up the center squares, trimming off the green. Now the side panels will be sewn on basically the same way.
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Step 19:
Using the remaining two black Kona cotton pieces, place one piece along each long edge of the back; sew them on using a ¼” seam. Open them up.
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Step 20:
Cut two long strips of green binding 1” x 25”. With right sides together, stitch along the last seam. Now place the panel right side to the remaining long edge of the binding and sew a ¼” seam.
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Step 21:
Edge stitch along both edges of the binding using the matching green thread. Baste along the remaining panel edges. Trim the larger back panel pieces even with the front panel pieces.
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Step 22:
Bind the wallhanging using your favorite method. After it was bound, it was decided a little quilting was needed on the side panel pieces. Crosshatching was marked and stitching done along the drawn lines.
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Step 23:
Congratulations! This is a fun weekend project and will greet guests as they join you for the holiday festivities.
Ramona Baird has been in the embroidery industry for over 23 years. She and her husband owned a commercial and retail embroidery store in Arizona for many years. She is an experienced digitizer having been mentored by award-winners Pat Williams and Lindee Goodall. Ramona is a contributor to “Creative Machine Embroidery” magazine having 5 covers to her credit. Ramona has worked for Wilcom America and served many years as Education Director for the American Sewing Guild. With a degree in fashion design, she is able to design and execute patterns which Pat Williams says are “out of the box” in creativity and application. Ramona likes to challenge the boundaries of embroidery and bring new and exciting designs, ideas, and projects to EmbroideryDesigns.com. She wants embroiderers of all levels to increase their skills and enjoyment in using their embroidery machine for gift-making and personal pleasure.
