Shabby Acorns and Leaves

Hello, my sweet and lovely friends!

I hope you are well on this very last day of August.

Can you believe September is about to arrive?

By all these lovely tokens

September days are here,

with summer's best of weather

and autumn's best of cheer.

- Helen Hunt Jackson -

I am starting to add some autumn decor to my home

and the other day I spent some time at my sewing machine

creating these shabby fall accents.
The acorn can easily be used as a mug rug.

Here is what you will need 

to make your own acorns and leaves, sweet friends.

Supplies:

lace

burlap trim

scrap fabric

fusible fleece

Iron on a piece of fusible fleece to the backside of a piece of fabric

that is about 8-inches in size.

Sew strips of lace onto the right side of the fabric.

Use the burlap trim for the acorn top

{ I used three rows of burlap }

This is what you will have 

once the lace and burlap has been sewn onto the fabric. . .

Here is the acorn template, my friends.

Simply click on the photo to enlarge.

Pin the template onto the layered lace

and cut out the shape

{ also, cut off the stem }

Pin a piece of lace onto the top of the acorn

as this will be the stem.

Place the acorn right side down onto a piece of  scrap fabric

and pin into place.

As you can see the scrap fabric doesn't have to be fancy :)

Sew along the edges with a 1/4-inch seam allowance.

Make sure you leave a small opening 

so that you can pull your acorn right side out.

Trim the scrap fabric.

Turn right side out,

press with a hot iron,

close up the small opening,

and voila!

You have a darling little acorn.

My acorn is about 7 1/2-inches long and 5-inches wide.

From little acorns

mighty oaks grow. . .

Now. . .

how about a shabby leaf to go along with your shabby acorn.

For my leaf I used yellow and cream lace

along with some gold sequins trim.

The "veins" in my leaf were made with cream ribbon.

Every leaf speaks bliss to me,

fluttering from the autumn tree.

- Emily Bronte -

Autumn is a second spring

when every leaf is a flower.

- Albert Camus -

Happy creating, dear friends!

May this last day of August be simply delightful

and may your September be extra lovely.

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Just a reminder. . .

today is the last day to use the end of summer coupon code at 

Rose Petal Blessings.

Some new items have been listed in the last few days.

Mother/daughter apron sets

Sweet Kleenex holders

just in time for the cold season

Thanksgiving note cards

with lots of lace loveliness

{{{ hugs }}}