The seasonal spirit of fall calls us to work with fall colors, varieties of oranges and browns. Pumpkin quilt block is also another pattern that is popular among fall quilts. I decided to make this pumpkin quilt block and and also prepared a step by step easy-to-follow tutorial.
You will need a variety of oranges to make this patchwork pumpkin quilt block. All the fabric pieces come from my stash. So dig out your fabric stash and find the orange fabrics. You will also need background fabric, which is dark blue here, scraps of green and scraps of cream for the stem.
Instructions:
- Cut 3" squares - 20 squares of orange, 1 square of cream, 1 square of green, 3 squares of dark blue
- Cut 5 2.5" squares of dark blue and 1 1.5" square of dark blue.
- Lay out the 3" squares in the following order to form a pumpkin shape.
- Mark a diagonal line on the back side of all the smaller dark blue squares.
- Lay 2.5" dark blue squares on the orange squares in the corners.
- Put a 2.5" square on the top left corner and 1.5" square on the bottom right corner of the green square. Have a look at the image below for a better understanding.
- Sew down the diagonal line of the 1.5" square to the green square first. Trim the little corner, press seams open. Then, sew the 2.5" square along the line on the opposite corner, trim and press.
- Sew 2.5" dark blue squares to the orange corners. Trim and press.
- Lay the squares of pumpkin in the correct order and sew the squares into rows first.
- Sew the rows together to complete the pumpkin quilt block. Press with iron and you're done!
This single pumpkin quilt block can be turned into a nice wall hanging great for fall decoration. Or by making three of them, you can make a table runner. Or even with more and more pumpkins, it can be used for making a bed quilt. It is all your imagination.
I enjoyed making this pumpkin quilt block. Working with the varieties of orange fabric was good. I hope you enjoy it, too.
Hatun Çomak
I'm Hatun from Turkiye. I love quilting and patchwork and this is my patchworld. I share my projects, process, patterns and tutorials here in my blog. .
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