This fall, I started watching a neighbor’s baby full time. When I started, I didn’t realize how much that would change the time and energy that I have for sewing, knitting, crafting and all of that sort of thing. As the baby has grown and gotten more mobile, I’ve had less and less time for projects. There’s been even less time for recording anything that I do make, so this blog has been sadly neglected. I see that I haven’t posted anything since December, and I’ve decided it’s time to try to post a little more often. We’ll see how that works out!
Today, the little man that I care for turned one, and I wanted to make him a gift for his birthday. I’d saved a link to a blog with instructions for making a fabric ball, found here:
http://www.purlbee.com/fabric-beach-balls/
I dug through some fabric scraps and decided to make the medium size:
I made one addition to the very-easy-to-use pattern: I added three bells. I made little fabric bags to hold the bells so that the ball’s stuffing can’t get wrapped around them to keep them from jingling over time. Also, if the ball should come apart, it would make the bells a little bit more swallow-proof. Here’s a picture:
This was a very fast and simple project that I’ll be sure to make again. My little guy loved this and I’m going to have to make some more of these in different sizes and textures to keep at my house!
Liana McKaye said,
March 13, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Very nice! I may have to make one for my goddaughter
& good call with the bells haha :)
jacidawn said,
March 25, 2009 at 9:00 pm
That’s really cool! I’m not that much of a seamstress, but I bet Arwen could duplicate this easily. She loves to sew, too – and Zephan loves balls!