Ready to cozy up your home for the season? These fall home decor sewing patterns are the best options to start easy home decor projects!
Before the first holiday decorations appear, there’s a quieter season that deserves its own place in the home. Rich fabrics, warm colors, falling leaves, and simple accents create a kind of comfort that’s hard to explain. These fall home decor sewing patterns celebrate everything we love about that transition.
Fall Home Decor Sewing Patterns
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Essentials You’ll Need to Begin With:
- Fabric (cotton or canvas)
- Sewing machine or needle and thread
- Fabric scissors
- Pins or sewing clips
- Measuring tape
- Iron
- Interfacing (optional)
- Chalk or fabric marker
- Floral Fabrics
- Appliqué scissors
- Precision craft knife
- Fusible web for appliqué
- Rotary cutter
1. DIY Quilted Pie Hot Pad
Let’s start with this hot pad shaped like a slice of pie, quilted for actual heat protection and not just for show. It’s a small scrap-busting project if you’ve got fat quarters left over from something bigger. Find the free pattern from Heather Handmade here.
2. Free Halloween Basket Sewing Pattern
A sturdy fabric basket for trick-or-treating, with structure that holds its shape once it’s stuffed with candy. Plus, this one from Heather Handmade uses interfacing to keep the sides from collapsing.
3. Pumpkin Sewing Pattern for Fall
A classic stuffed fabric pumpkin, the kind you can make in a few different sizes once you’ve got the pattern down. This free pattern from Heather Handmade works very well for using up leftover corduroy or canvas. Do try to get in various orange shades for the a spooky Halloween theme!
4. Pumpkin Pincushion for Fall Home Decor
Same pumpkin shape, different use. This pumpkin-shaped pincushion is ideal for your sewing table, small enough to finish in an afternoon. This easy guide from Seaman Mom walks through stuffing it firm enough that pins don’t just slide back out.
5. Pumpkin Star Pot Holder Sewing Idea
Next, here’s a potholder with a star on top that uses a bit of actual piecing, not just appliqué. So, just follow this guide from Stacey Lee to practice lining up the points. Plus, it will give you a good end result, only if you use 100% cotton fabric!
6. Candy Corn Coasters Fall Home Decor
Unlike the last few, this one might need an embroidery machine. Simple striped coasters in candy corn colors, a fast project for using up small scraps of yellow, orange, and white. Go through this pattern from Stacey Lee that is easy enough to understand to knock out a full set in one sitting.
7. Pumpkin Heart Quilt Block Pattern
This guide by Stacey Lee breaks down the piecing step by step. A quilt block that combines a pumpkin shape with a heart that is useful if you’re building a full seasonal quilt rather than just a one-off project.
8. DIY In-the-Hoop Pumpkin Napkin Ring
Next, here’s an in-the-hoop machine embroidery project for anyone with an embroidery machine — this one’s not for a regular sewing machine. Find it on We All Sew, for a quick way to dress up a fall table setting.
9. Quilted Apple Coasters for Home Decor
Another coaster idea, but this time shaped like an apple. So, if you have red scraps in felt or any different low-volume fabric, then make this scrappy, handmade apple coaster. This fast and easy-to-make pattern from Seasoned Homemaker combines a little quilting plus a little applique.
10. Oak Log Sachet Decor for Fall
At the end, here’s an easy fabric log-shaped sachet. It’s the kind you had tuck into a drawer or basket for a bit of scent. Just use this pattern from All People Quilt to create this and see much more variations. It is a nice small project perfect for you if you want something finished in under an hour or so.
With this we conclude. Now, it’s your time to pick one for your next project. Choose from whichever of these fits your skill level and the scraps you’ve already got lying around . So, feel free to let us know in the comments which one you’re starting with!
