A Painfully Handstitched Fabric Football!

But oh so satisfying to see the end product!

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This football is for a lil cool dude 

who is all the way in Vancouver!

Using recycled paper, shirt fabrics and recycled rope/cord.

Here is the process:

Cut out the shape using recycled paper and cut out fabric leaving enough to fold over.

Fold fabric over the shape and secure with a running stitch.

Arrange and attach the pieces to the centre piece.

Both sides of the ball are sewn together!

Invert it and you can see the ribbons and cords! 
I read somewhere that adding the little cords/ribbons provides tactile play 
but the tutorial here doesn't include this. :)


Then join both together leaving only 1 small opening for stuffing.

Remove the recycled paper shapes which can be reused for another ball.

Invert the ball and stuffed with poly fibre with one opening left to stitch up!

IT IS...

FINISHED!

Here is the tutorial I used.

↪ Off to the Post Office! :)

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Ruffled with Ruffles!

So after researching 

and reading different tutorials on 

how to create a pettiskirt, 

I finally got down to doing it. 

My inspiration is my friend's 5-year-old

whom I am making this for.

I couldn't find the nylon chiffon that 

is specified for pettiskirts.

So I settled for a slightly heavier nylon fabric 

which only came in white,

stretchy but not as translucent as nylon chiffon.

It was soft enough, although I wonder

if it is heavier than nylon chiffon.

I decided to use Batik fabric instead of the usual satin
for the top piece, to create an Asian version...

This is the attached first layer...

And many more ruffles later...

 2 layers of ruffles! 

And finally the pettiskirt is complete.

I must admit that I halfed the amount of nylon used. 

So the skirt isn't as poufy as most pettiskirts are.

And even so, there is more than enough of ruffling to ruffle me.

I am quite happy with the outcome

and may try the full amount of fabric on a second skirt!

Creating all the ruffles was quite therapeutic, actually.


Here is the tutorial that I used.

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