Little Baby Jelly Belly Pumpkin

Thanksgiving is less than four weeks away!

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We'll be traveling to California to enjoy our Thanksgiving holiday with my family this year. Dinner will be at my sister's house, and I'm bringing table favors.

I had this idea to make pumpkins similar to the ones that Carrie and I made last year, except I'll use Jelly Belly jellybeans to fill them. Before purchasing fabric for this project I thought I'd do a test run on the shape and size. {Don't panic, Sis, they won't be bright orange for Thanksgiving.}

I made the stem by writing a note on a small piece of paper, rolling it up and sticking it in before pulling the gathering threads tight. Seemed like a good idea, but I wasn't happy with the looks of it, plus there's a tendency to pick the pumpkin up by its little stem, causing it to slip right out of the pumpkin.

Hm... I'm not sure about this... I may be back to the drawing board, though I do have a few different directions I could go with this...

I'll be playing with fabric and pumpkin shapes this weekend.

How about you?
Any pumpkins in your weekend plans?

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