Nine folk art squash and pumpkins, each with its own personality, sit in a three-by-three grid on a deep charcoal background, framed by a border of leaves, tendrils, and scattered berries. The shapes run from a classic ribbed pumpkin to long-necked gourds and a striped acorn squash, and every one is built up in layered wool and velvet, then traveled over with dense embroidery: seed stitches, couched fibers, beads, and little buttons. The result is a modern take on the autumn pumpkin patch that leans rich and textural rather than cute, and it finishes at a versatile wall-hanging size for seasonal display.

What the Pattern Includes

This listing is for the printed paper pattern only. Wool, fabric, thread, and embellishments are not included.

The pattern covers all nine squash blocks plus the leaf border, with full-size paper templates, construction steps, and stitch placement and background-stitching diagrams. Built one block at a time, it is easy to pick up between other projects. The embroidery stitches themselves are taught separately: the Creative Stitching book (sold separately) is needed for the stitch instructions.

What You'll Need

The design is worked on hand-dyed wool in black backgrounds and a range of squash colors, with cotton background appliqué fabrics, backing, and binding. Embellishment draws on a deep mix of fibers: Eleganza perle cotton, Ellana wool and Efina cotton appliqué threads, plus specialty silk, metallic, and velvet threads, along with rick rack, buttons, and seed beads. The back cover lists every wool, fabric, thread color, and embellishment by name. Creative Stitching covers how to work each stitch.

Perfect For

• Stitchers who love wool appliqué and heavily textured hand embroidery and want real variety block to block
• Anyone who likes a project that comes in finishable stages, one squash at a time
• Anyone who wants autumn or Halloween decor that reads modern and artful rather than cutesy

Why You'll Love This Pattern

Nine blocks means nine chances to try something different. Each squash is its own small study: a different silhouette, a different palette, a different combination of layering and stitch. Yet the shared black background and the leaf-and-berry border pull the whole thing together, so it reads as one deliberate piece rather than a sampler of unrelated experiments.

The block-by-block structure also keeps it manageable. It moves in finishable stages, one squash at a time, and there is no precision piecing to stall on. The character lives entirely in fabric choice and stitch texture, so the finished wall hanging looks far more involved than any single block actually is.

Product Details

• Brand: Sue Spargo Folk Art Quilts
• Item #: SS1104
• Designer: Sue Spargo
• Category: Quilting Pattern
• Skill Level: Intermediate (as stated on the pattern)
• Technique: Wool and velvet appliqué, layering, hand embroidery and embellishment
• Finished Size: Approximately 23-1/2" x 23-1/2" (wall hanging)
• Blocks: Nine squash blocks plus leaf border
• Creative Stitching (sold separately) is required for the embroidery stitch instruction
• Made in the United States