Making An Over The Garden Wall Allotment Scarecrow

With Summerween coming up (social media post on that coming soon!) and the heatwave in full swing here in the U.K I needed a fun crafting project to do in the cool of my office.

This project is actually a more practical one as I need a scarecrow to use on my allotment and since I happened to have an orange fleece I wanted to upcycle I knew I had to make Enoch from Over The Garden Wall! Enoch appears in the "Hard Times at the Huskin' Bee" episode where Wirt & Greg find themselves in the spooky village of Pottsfield during a harvest, my fave episode of the series.

How I made my scarecrow: 
 

• I started by using one of my own beret designs to draw around and cut out a couple of circles. I then sewed them together and left a smallish gap at the bottom.
• I then cut up the rest of the jumper to use as stuffing.
• I sewed on a sort of neck funnel bit with some leftover scrap and stuffed the shape with the rest of the jumper.

•  Next I used some of the left over sleeve end to make the little detail on the top of Enoch’s head.
  
• I then raided my scrap bin for another colour of orange fleece to do the contrasting stripes on the pumpkin.
• I also found some brown, beige & white fleece for the eyes and mouth. I cut these out and part machine stitched them and part hand stitched them. I then hand stitched it all onto the base, this bit took the longest time.

• For Enoch's body I found some green fabric in my stash that would rip well as I wanted to create frayed edges. I found 2 old bed sheets and made a pile of stripes from them. I then sewed them onto another piece that could be tied onto a pole. 
• I had borrowed an electric screw and drill set from my local Share Library for £2 (thank you Bedford Library!) and used this to fix a pole together from 2 bits of broken garden junk.
• I then attached Enoch's head to the rod with garden twine and tied the green ribbon fringe over in the same way. 

I have to say I am THRILLED with the final thing! It's fun, creepy and very spooky exactly as Enoch should be. I took him down to the plot this morning and I know he'll give my allotment neighbours a good laugh while hopefully keeping my crops safe.

Enoch on the plot wishing me a happy harvest!