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Pattern to sew a sphere/ball?  

post #1 of 9
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Does anybody know of a free pattern (or know how to) sew a sphere? I want to make some cloth playfood for DD - thought by sewing balls in different colors and sizes, with minimal embellishment I could craft apples, oranges, lettuce, melons, etc. Does asnybody know how I can sew spheres?
post #2 of 9
a dear friend made this for ds. ive seen the pattern at quilt shops, its called a puzzle ball. its prettm much just a bunch of 5 sided shapes. its sewn in 2 halves, each one is one piece surrounded by 5, then the 2 halves sewn together. i can see she did it all by hand, but im sure a machine would be okay too.
i love it as this quilty look. im not sure if its really what youre talking about. i guess you could do them all the same color to make apples etc..
but... if thats what youre really wanting to do, i bet theres an easier way than sewing so many pieces of the same color.
maybe youll have a bright idea though, wed love to see when youre finished!
good luck!!

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...m/103_2645.jpg
post #3 of 9
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What a cute ball! I think something like that would be really cute as 'fruit'. Thanks for the photo - I bet I can recreate something like that.
post #4 of 9
That is really cute!

Here is another ball pattern w/ ribbon tags.
http://www.newconceptions.com/patpdf/TagToyspdf.pdf
post #5 of 9
Here's free instructions for a ball with 6 sections:
http://www.sewnews.com/library/sewne...es/aatoysb.htm

And here is a sweet lady that makes fruit and veggie pincushions that would work for play food and I think she has a pattern for them available too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrensne...7594177203250/

HTH,
Julie
post #6 of 9
Oh I LOVE those fruit and veggie pincushions!! I wish I could make those!! Do you know where she got the patterns for them? I love, love, love them!
post #7 of 9
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Oh I LOVE those fruit and veggie pincushions!! I wish I could make those!! Do you know where she got the patterns for them? I love, love, love them!
She makes them herself!
I believe she offers the pattern for sale, you could contact her at wrensnestdesigns@yahoo.com .
Here's a link to her blog too...
http://wrensnest.typepad.com/
HTH,
Julie
post #8 of 9
Those pincushions are adorable! Does she sell them? (is that ok to ask? ) lol I'm going to have try to make something like that. Lettuce would be fun, you could use felt for the ball then make detachable "leaves" w/ velcro.
post #9 of 9
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What a cute idea on detachable lettuce leaves!!
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