Our final row will be sewn this week, and it is a favorite block from years past. Ready for the next one? I hope you have some orange fabrics in your stash for #AutumnJubilee2020!
Yes, you probably guessed it. It just isn’t Autumn Jubilee without pumpkins! Mine are orange, but gold would work too, plus if you are doing a dark background, white pumpkins would be fun.
Cutting Instructions
24 scrappy pumpkin color strips 2-1/2-inches x 10-1/2-inches
16 background squares 3-inches
8 background strips 2-1/2-inches x 5-1/2-inches
4 squares 2-1/2-inches for the stem
Sew the strips together in sets of six. Make four.
On the backside of all 16 background 3-inch squares, mark diagonal lines from one corner to the opposite diagonal corner. On each strip set, place a 3-inch background square on each of the four corners, with the lines intersecting the sides, and sew just slightly to the outside of the line.
Flip the square over and press. Trim the excess to 1/4-inch seam allowance. Sew one background strip to opposite sides of the stem squares.
Sew the pumpkin unit to the stem unit.
Square up to 12-1/2-inches.
Sew your pumpkins in a row.
Download the pdf – AutumnJubileeQAPumpinRow
That’s it for this week. Do NOT sew your rows together, there is more to do next week. Now is the perfect time to order a wide back for completing your quilt from today’s sponsor, North Carolina based, Backside Fabrics!! They will send a lucky winner a gift certificate to their online store worth $50!! See their high quality fabrics and bargain backs. International entries welcome! Just leave a comment on this post, then click on the Rafflecopter icon to enter.
Do you like wide backing fabrics for your quilts? What color would you like to have for your row quilt?
From My Carolina Home 
All your projects have been so darn colorful and charming…..certainly celebrating this beautiful time of the year!
Love the easy construction of the pumpkins. What fun.
Love the pumpkins.
I’m excited to get started on this pumpkin row. I’ve been using this quilt as a scrap buster for my fabrics. I really like scrappy backs on small quilts and whole piece wide backings on large bed size quilts.
I like the pumpkin row. Wide backs are great for large quilts.
Yeah! Pumpkins! This is the year I wanted to make a pumpkin quilt, your pattern is my favorite.
Can’t wait to get to the machine to make these easy blocks, but I hope I can find enough orange in the stash! Loving all the blocks and how they work together. I usually try to use my backing collection that I gather from the clearance bins. I don’t mind a seamed backing as a rule. I save the wide width fabrics for very special quilts.
Am I missing the Rafflecopter Icon?
…I thought I was crazy…but I’m missing one too!
Yikes!! I messed that up, resending the post with the icon and link for entry in the Backside Fabrics drawings!!
Nothing says fall like a row of pumpkins. Fall is my favorite time of year.
What a bold yet easy block….and so versatile with Fall or Halloween sewing! Thanks so much once again for a great Autumn Jubilee! You deserve a medal!
…was it just me…am I having a senior moment? There was no rafflecopter icon for me to click on.
Pick me, Backside!!!
I love the pumpkins! A couple of these would make a really cute pillow, too. I will be checking my stash for pumpkin appropriate fabrics even though I can’t make the whole quilt right now.
I am falling behind in the rows but look forward to making the pumpkin row. Autumn is all about pumpkins!
I have been thinking about making a pumpkin project. Thank you so much for the great pattern, Will be a fun addition to the row project.
The pumpkin row might be my favorite 🙂
I just love your pumpkin row!
Thanks for all the different things to do in Autumn Jubilee. I haven’t used a wide backing yet; most of my quilts are small ones. But I’d definitely want one for a large quilt.
I’m loving all your fall ideas! I like wide backs but I also like interesting pieced backs, so I will use whatever is most appropriate or convenient for any given quilt.
I held back 2 fabrics and glad I did – they will be perfect for the pumpkins with a few strips already used in the other leaves and stars! I’m keeping up but seems like time is going on fast forward now with the cooler weather. Thanks for the patterns.
j
I was guessing pumpkins or acorns…your pumpkins are the cutest! I do like getting wide backs for big quilts, they make life easier!
I usually buy wide backing, much easier to quilt!
I can hardly believe 4 weeks has gone by. This pumpkin pattern is great and would make wonderful fall pillows for porch sitting 🙂
all the fall colors make me happy!
I love backside fabrics! Great quality.
Thank you so much! I love reading your blog. You have so many wonderful ideas and decorations that are inspiring!
I don’t quilt but I love the orange colors for Fall.
Carla from Utah
What a fun block! Thanks so much for the directions. I finished the baby gift projects I was working on, and am almost done with my round robin – then I can pull out fabrics and get started!. I think it would be wonderful to have a nice backing with different shades of blue – not a print necessarily, but I think it’s called a tone on tone. Thanks for the chance too!
One piece backings are the best! No measuring! Love you pumpkins.