Fabric Pumpkin Harvest Wreath
DIY a stunning fabric pumpkin wreath for your harvest decor or autumn entryway door. This visual how-to will make it easy!
Ever since I started making fabric pumpkins, they’ve been multiplying on my dining room buffet. {see “Fabric Pumpkin How-To } {also, “My Masterpiece Buffet”}After seeing a variety of pumpkin wreaths as Thanksgiving decor in several stores, I decided I’d create my own version with my trove! Here’s how you can make your own Fabric Pumpkin Harvest Wreath.
My purpose was for this wreath to be more Thanksgiving-styled than Fall themed. Thanksgiving is considered more late fall, even early winter. The leaves are down here in MN and we’ve already had some snow, so I wanted to use some evergreens along with the classic Thanksgiving wheat.
I started with a basic metal wreath form and wrapped it with a green burlap ribbon as a base. I made sure to create a hanging loop out of bindwire before I got any farther.
I laid out the pumpkins on the wreath form in an order that seemed pleasing and then took a pic with my phone to remember the placement as I wired them on one by one. What did we ever do before cell phones, right?
I took an 8″ length of bindwire and tucked it under the ribs of the pumpkins to attach them to the wreath form, wrapping the ends tightly on the back side.
I thought I was only going to use 12 pumpkins, but when I got them almost all on, I ended up having an extra space. I added a 13th and changed the placement a little to adjust which fabrics balanced the colors.
I love how all the vintage quilt squares of fabric I used worked together, along with the leftover and thrift store sweater pumpkins. The wreath is quite heavy, since I weighted each pumpkin {see “Seller’s Tips: Weight Matters”}. Some people might like it just like this, but I need a little more texture. Because Thanksgiving and Harvest are all about abundance, and therefore need many layers of different textures to create the richness.
I created bundles of the wheat and the grass so they could easily be hot-glued to the burlap-covered wreath form.
I grabbed any fake greens I could find that looked more wintery, without pulling my Christmas bins down from the attic.
I hot glued the greens to the inside of the wreath, between each pumpkin and glued the grass and wheat bunches to the outside perimeter.
Now I’ve got all the Thanksgiving and Harvest texture I was going for!
Okay…does that not look like it needs to be on the cover of Country Living Magazine??? Guess I’m a little in love;)
And to add a Thanksgiving message…
I think this one needs to be a greeting card!
Little tip…if you don’t have time to stencil or paint your message, just use some cute washi tape and the stencils themselves to spell out your greeting! Easy, peasy…and artsy!
If you’d like to create this beautiful Fabric Pumpkin Harvest Wreath, check out my tutorial on the individual pumpkins first, “Fabric Pumpkin How-To”. They’re so fun to make, I’m sure you’ll want a whole, beautiful wreath-full!
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I love your wreath. Great job!
Thank you! It’s so fun to bring out each Fall:)
Love this Lora! I am featuring you today at TFT. Thanks for sharing!
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Awesome, Amber! Will pop on over:) Thanks!
Great wreath! Love the variety of pumpkin fabrics and how they all work together. Visiting from Remodelaholic.
Glad you appreciated it! Thanks for letting me know how you found me!
Lora, I love the mix of the two seasons in this adorable wreath! I, too, cannot get enough of fabric pumpkins.
Thanks, Lori! I think it’s going to be hard to put this one away for Christmas;)
Such a darling wreath, Lora! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm!
Thanks, Cecilia! Your welcome!
love the wispy natural bits you added!
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Thanks! I love combining different textures!
Lora, what a sweet idea. I really love all of the fabric pumpkins.
Thanks, Debra!
Such a beautiful wreath and beautiful fabric pumpkins. Nicely made 🙂
Thanks for the sweet compliment, Erin!
You’re welcome Lora 🙂