Thank You Marcia, and Yvonne Too!

Okay. Final attempt (haha).

Marcia's tip was a big help.

I went back to my old wool blanket. Traced the circle and sewed directly onto the line.

Sewing up the slit on the underside was much easier using the wool.

It took a lot more stuffing, too, and sort of looks like a pumpkin!

I pulled some paper covered wire through an old coat button and twisted it together to look like a stem.

And thanks to Yvonne and her background in flowers, I now KNOW that my flowering shrub is an Azalea.