fabric beach balls!

December 11, 2009 | 3 Comments

fabric beach ball purl soho

These are great balls for playing indoors. I’ve made one for my daughter and a few for her friends. Everyone seems to love them. This one was a bit of a challenge when I realized that I didn’t have a lot of eight-year-old-boy-ish fabric in my stash. I grabbed a few men’s shirt sleeves that I had in my upcycle bin and I really like how the colors and patterns work together.

fabric beach ball purl bee

recycle: Remember all of the pillows I was making with men’s shirts? This was a great way to use the sleeves! Pattern is from the Purl Bee.

Category: all posts, gifts, kids, recycle, refashion, reuse, sewing, stash
Tags: ball > beach > fabric > indoor > men's > purl bee > recycle > shirt > sleeve > upcycle

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3 Responses to “fabric beach balls!”

Sarah M
December 11th, 2009 @ 10:22 pm

sooo well done. A-mazing. Love that felt tree idea, too, a few posts back….still need to make L one of those felt boards…I think he would like it now!
Sarah M
Charity
December 12th, 2009 @ 10:52 am

Very sweet! I just knit a set of felted balls, that have the same beach ball type striping action, so fun.
Monica
December 22nd, 2009 @ 11:16 pm

Looks great! What did you use to fill it?