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Little Pumpkin loves autumn! He spends his days collecting colourful leaves, acorns, pinecones and little autumn treasures in his basket. One of his favourite things to do is turn his wonderful finds into beautiful Autumn garlands. … and now you can too … Gather your leaves, thread them together and make your very own autumn garland, just like Little Pumpkin!

I have been having so much fun making downloadable colouring in books which you can find in my shop here -> https://www.mariainthewood.co.uk/art So far I have a Meadow Field one and Little Pumpkin's Autumn Adventure, which also includes a 3 page story if you want to check them out! And to celebrate the launch of my Little Pumpkin embroidery kit, I have a sweet 4 page colouring in booklet for you to download. There a 4 brand new colouring in sheets and you can download yours

Little pumpkin has been in my sketch book since 2003 when I painted him and he came alive to me. He has been popping up in my greetings cards ever since! And now he is available on a sweet embroidery kit! The kit includes all you need, except scissors, to make it, including felt for the back to finish it off! This kit uses a 4 inch/10cm embroidery hoop and it includes Satin Stitch, Back Stitch, Seed Stitch and French Knots. The full design is printed on luxury linen so you ca