Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

Our Wal Mart has a decent fabric section, and I always go through their remnants that have been marked down when the bolts are almost empty.  Recently, I picked up remnants on two different occasions.  First I found the gold colored fabric below, and a week or so later, I bought the print fabric.  Both were priced very reasonably and together were about six or seven dollars. I knew when I found the print, I would use it to make pillow covers for the sofa and love seat in the family room.  I had forgotten the gold remnant, but when I got home and put the print fabric in my fabric stash, I saw how well they coordinated. I made a mental note of that, and yesterday, decided to get busy and make my pillow covers.  I decided to use the print for the front, and the gold for the back of the pillows. First, I ironed the two remnants, so they would be easy to cut. Next, I measured the 4 pillows for which I wanted to make covers, and gathered my supplies together....

You might already know how to make fabric pumpkins, but if you don't, this is how I made some for this year's fall decor. First gather your materials: 1.  fabric remnants in colors you want to use.   2.  scissors 3.  A plate or other round object 4.  Sharpie 5.  glue gun 6.  glue sticks 7.  bits & bobs ie., leaves, flowers or other ornamental items to decorate your pumpkins 8.  brown craft paper or brown paper  for making pumpkin stems 9.  batting or plastic bags to stuff pumpkins 10. needle and thread Steps: 1.  Lay your fabric face down on cutting surface.   2.  Place your plate face down on the fabric 3.  Draw around the plate with the sharpie making a circle 4.  Cut the circle of fabric out, using the sharpie line to guide you. 5.  Thread needle, and run a basting stitch all the way around the edge of the fabric circle 6.  Once you have the bastin...