Pumpkin patch

The TV star and top crafter shows you how to make rope pumpkins

■ 80cm square of orange fleece ■ 25cm square of bottle green fleece ■ 30.5cm square of black felt ■ Hook and loop dots for fastening ■ 54cm of 15mm elastic ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit ■ Sized

SHOPPING LIST ● 1m checked fabric ● tape measure ● dressmaker’s scissors ● toy stuffing ● sewing machine ● sewing needle ● thread ● doll needle ● craft cord or embroidery thread ● twine ● wine corks (

“Pumpkins come in all shapes, sizes and colours and I’ve designed three for you to choose from. They make a nice group displayed together and would make a great home decoration for autumn or Halloween

Tempt ghosts and ghouls with this tasty pumpkin

Notes Use a stitch marker or pin a note onto fluffy pieces to identify right sides. Oversew to seam chunky yarn pieces for Bear and use mattress stitch to seam DK yarn pieces for outfit. To mark stitc