How to Crochet Autumn Bunting with 4 Fall Appliques
Fall is here! So, learn how to crochet a 4 fall appliques autumn bunting, the perfect room decoration that works beautifully for mantels, shelves, or wall decor. This project for beginners is easy to customize with your favorite autumn colors and your other appliques, too. Whether you’re making it for your home, a gift, or a fall market, it’s quick and complete at your pace and length needed. The tutorial will cover how to crochet a sunflower and a maple and oak leaf from scratch, and also provide instructions for a hedgehog.
You will also learn how to assemble the bunting by creating a long chain and attaching the crocheted pieces to it, ready to be hung. So, follow through with us for the complete tutorial.
About the Designer: The designer behind this autumn themed bunting project is @uroojcrochets – her crochet library is currently very small which includes tutorials for all basic crochet stitches, two crochet bag projects and two crochet fall projects – her cutest and latest. These four projects are enough to hope for brightest and professional crochet projects. She has started the Autumn Series which may hopefully continue may be pumpkin or something else.
Note: In respect for the creator’s pattern rights, there will be no provision of the written pattern. You can watch the tutorial with on-screen written instructions at the end of this post.
Autumn Themed Bunting Tutorial
Skill Level: Beginner. You’re gonna crochet 4 fall appliques each by working in the rounds. The stitches used throughout the video include chain stitches and slip stitches. As for basic stitches, you need single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, and triple crochet, all of which are used to form different shapes and textures for the various parts of the bunting. Additionally, the video shows how to create half single crochet stitches to shape the face of the hedgehog.
Tutorial Timing: Approximately 29 minutes only (you can learn crocheting 4 popular fall projects following just one tutorial. So, the tutorial is worth watching even if you don’t want to crochet the entire bunting. It is best for learning, shaping, and color changes.)
Time: A few hours (depending on length)
Personalization Tips: The tutorial mentions that you can adjust the length of the chain for the bunting according to your preference, with a set of 4.
Pattern Type: An on-screen written pattern is available if you find written instructions easy to follow along with.
Materials & Tools
The following are the crochet materials and tools that the tutor uses for crocheting this autumn bunting:
- 4 mm acrylic yarn for the hedgehog
- 3 mm acrylic yarn for the leaves and sunflower
- 3 mm crochet hook for the leaves and sunflower
- 3.5 mm and 6 mm crochet hooks for the hedgehog
- A stitch marker
- A pair of scissors
- A black marker or pen to draw the hedgehog’s face
Crochet Stitch Guides
| Technique / Stitch | One-Line Guide |
|---|---|
| Magic Ring | Make a loop with yarn, hold it on fingers, crochet into the loop to start a circle. |
| Chain (ch) | Yarn over, pull through loop on hook to form a series of links. |
| Slip Stitch (slst) | Insert hook, yarn over, pull through stitch and loop at once. |
| Single Crochet (sc) | Insert hook, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through both loops. |
| Half Double Crochet (hdc) | Yarn over, insert hook, pull up loop (3 loops), yarn over, pull through all loops. |
| Double Crochet (dc) | Yarn over, insert hook, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops twice. |
| Triple Crochet (tr) | Yarn over twice, insert hook, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops three times. |
| Half Single Crochet | Variation used for shaping (shorter than sc, demonstrated in the hedgehog section). |
To crochet the autumn-themed bunting, you will crochet a sunflower, a maple leaf, and a hedgehog. Each piece is made by starting with a magic ring and then using various stitches to build up the shapes. Once all the pieces are crocheted, you will attach them to a long chain to create the final bunting.
