I have an addiction to making *things* out of other *things*. Curtains out of sheets, swags out of eggs, mittens from sweaters; you get the idea! So while I was searching through the "wireless highway" of treasures I could make out of crap I already have I came across a simple picture of a colorful ball made out of old sweaters!
So I thought because I had an entire garbage bag full of old sweaters in my ginormous closet of "junk I need to make other junk" (I have them to make more mittens!) I would try and make a cute little baby ball. But I wanted to make it more my own creation and not just like the one I saw in the picture. So I added tags from different types of ribbon and ric rac!
I made a pattern kinda in the shape of a leaf and cut away at my sweaters. The sleeves were the perfect size- plus then you can cut 2 at a time! Then it was trial and error - I pinned and added my loops as I went in a random order - After I was done sewing the actual *leaf* pieces together - the top and bottom were open so I turned it right side out and stuffed the day lights out of it! This thing is SSSSOOOOO soft and squishy!
Then I sewed up the top and bottom. All I did was line the points together and quick hand stiched it, because it was going to be underneath the little circle anyway. Then I cut 2 circles out of the cuff of one sweater. I traced a spool of ribbon for my circles. Then I pinned them down and with 3 strands of embroidery thread I stiched around each circle!
VIOLA! A cute, soft, safe, GREEN gift for a tiny little person! If you should have any variation or suggestions I would love to hear them!
Happy crafting
Steph
