Shopping List
- Faux Pumpkin
- Embroidery thread or yarn (various colours)
- Grid Paper
- Large Embroidery Needle
Tools
- Drill and a drill bit (I used 1/8”)
- Scissors
Instructions
- Using your Grid paper, design your embroidery outline. You can find many ideas, including the alphabet, online on how to create shapes and design in cross-stitch.
NB: You could also simply print out a pre-designed cross-stich pattern. If you do this, you can skip to step 4. - Using Xs, mark out your pattern on the grid paper.
- Cut out each of your shapes, or letters, from the paper. This will make it easier to apply them to the pumpkin rather than a large sheet of paper.
- Tape the design or outline to the pumpkin.
- Now pre drill your holes. You want to drill into each corner of each square on your grids.
Remember, cross-stitch is all about the X stitches. So you need four corners, or four drill holes, to create one X or stitch. - Thread your embroidery needle with thread. Using your printed design as a guide, poke the needle in a hole going toward the inside of the pumpkin and then back through another hole to the outside, creating X’s in the squares of your design.
- When you are finished, remove the needle, cut any excess string and knot the string on the inside of the pumpkin. Place the top back on and show off your creation!