It’s that time of the year again, and the weather is starting to cool down, making indoor activities more appealing. How about making an adorable pumpkin basket with a sewing pattern and tutorial? It could be a fun project to prepare for the upcoming Halloween. Imagine the joy of seeing children carrying their pumpkin baskets for trick-or-treating!
As the spooky season approaches once again, I find myself eagerly preparing for Halloween. Engaging in creative craft activities always seems to make time fly by. Halloween holds a special place in my heart, and I’ve been enthusiastically immersed in a whirlwind of Halloween-themed crafting over the past few weeks. I can’t wait to share with you all the magical creations I’ve conjured up for this year’s Halloween.
Let’s kick off the Halloween season with a fun project – a fabric pumpkin basket for trick-or-treating! Whether you use it for collecting candy or as part of your Halloween decor, this washable pumpkin basket is sure to bring some extra Halloween magic to your celebrations for years to come.
For months, I have been squeezing my brain juice for ideas on how to make this pumpkin basket. After researching and searching for inspiration, my mind went through many designs and methods. Finally, I settled on this method, the simplest among them.
You can always convert this pumpkin basket into a Jack-O-Lantern basket by placing the black facial patches on it.
Happy Sewing!!!
What’s Next:
- Start crafting and share your completed handmade on Facebook and/or Instagram. Remember to tag us, @craftpassion, so that we are able to see them.
- Pin it to Pinterest for a future To-Do List.
- Share with your DIY groups for a craft-along event.
- Browse more craft ideas to make, particularly for Halloween crafts.
HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN BASKET SEWING PATTERN
Let's start the Halloween season with a fabric pumpkin basket for trick-or-treating. You can use it for your kids or as part of your decorations, and it's washable for reuse in future Halloweens.
Happy sewing!
Materials
- Orange fabric – 33″ x 14″, 6″ diameter circle
- Lining fabric – 17″ x 6″, 6″ diameter circle
- Fusible Woven Interfacing [heavy weight, as sturdy as a card stock] – 16″ x 5″, 5″ diameter circle (2 pcs if you want a sturdier base)
- Woven handle – 20″
- Twine or linen yarn – 80″
- Polyester fill
- Leaves and spiders for decoration
Tools
- Sewing machine with a normal presser foot
- Sewing needle and pins
- Pencil & marker
- Tapestry needle (sharp with eye enough to let twine to go through)
- Iron
Instructions
MORE DETAILS ON HOW TO SEW HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN BASKET
a. Cut materials to the correct sizes as indicated in the above list.
b. Mark 1/2″ seam allowance on the wrong side of the orange and lining fabrics.
a. Iron and bond the woven interfacing to the lining (1 layer) and orange circle (2 layers). Set orange circle aside for later step.
b. Sew to join the short side of the lining and orange fabric respectively.
**Leave a 3″ opening on the seam of orange fabric for stuffing poly-fill in the later step.
a. Mark 2″ intervals on the top and bottom seams of the lining, 8 markings per seam.
b. Mark 4″ intervals on the top and bottom seams of the orange fabric, also 8 markings per seam.
c. Attach handle on the lining as shown 1″ into the seam.
a. Sew 2 lines of longest stitch at 1/4″ away from the seam line on the orange fabric on both top and bottom seams.
b. Pull 2 threads either from the wrong side or the right side of the fabric to make gathers to shrink the marking from 4″ to 2″ respectively.
c. Pin the orange fabric to the lining with right sides facing each other. Align the 2″ gathers markings to the 2″ lining markings on the seams.
d. Sew to join. Remove gathering stitches.
a. Turn the pumpkin basket right side out. Bring the seams allowance to the lining side.
b. Topstitch at 1/4″ on the lining and seam allowance only.
a. Cut twine or linen yarn to 8 pcs. of 10″ length.
b. Make a big knot at one end.
c. Sew the twine from the wrong side to the right side (from the 2″ markings at the seam) with a sharp tapestry needle.
a. Repeat the gathers and sewing to join the bottom of the orange fabric to the lining with the wrong side facing each other.
b. Remove the gathering stitches.
Pin and sew to attach the lining base to the pumpkin basket.
(If you find machine sewing is difficult to handle on this part, you can always hand stitch it by using back-stitch.)
Fill the lining and orange fabric gap with poly-fill from the 3″ opening, enough to inflate the pumpkin basket.
a. Tie the twines down to the bottom seam to create a pumpkin look.
b. Knot the twines and hide inside the basket base.
a. Make long stitch at the seam allowance of the orange circle.
b. Pull and gather the seam allowance into the circle.
Slip stitch the orange base onto the pumpkin basket.
a. Massage each cell of the pumpkin to manipulate the poly-fill so that the cells look equal in size and mimic the shape of the pumpkin.
b. Adjust the fabric so it gathers more on the top and bottom.
This complete the basic pumpkin basket. Decorate further with leaves and spiders to make it into Halloween style.
Let the kids bring out for Trick-or-Treating, or, fill the pumpkin basket up with candies and wait for the kids to come.
Happy Halloween.
Notes
Seam Allowance: 1/2″
Sheila Coon
Saturday 18th of September 2021
I love this basket awesome but then every thing that you do is awesome you are very blessed and thank you for sharing all the free things you make! Sheila Coon
Lori Leonard
Thursday 26th of September 2013
awesome pumpkins, can't wait to make these for my table.
La June Moreland via Facebook
Monday 17th of October 2011
I really love this! Think I will try to make it for my Thanksgiving table.
Heather - Dollar Store Crafts
Monday 17th of October 2011
This is so creative, Joanne! Very cute.
Craft Passion
Monday 17th of October 2011
Thank you, Heather :)
Denise
Friday 14th of October 2011
This is the cutest little DIY pumpkin on the planet!