juggling balls and carry bag

Posted on July 21st, 2012 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

Papa and Mimi are coming from NY for the baby’s birth, and all Zia can talk about is Papa teaching her to juggle and Mimi teaching her to dance and twirl a baton. I’m not so sure about the baton (since I haven’t procured one yet) but dancing and juggling will definitely be in full swing.

Our latest project from Oliver + S Little Things to Sew is a set of juggling balls for the grand occasion.

The pirate monkey flannel was a half-price remnant, and we picked out coordinating scraps for the trim and balls from my scrap bin.

Zia helped with the pins and matched up 6 cut pieces for each ball while I stitched them together.

At first I was going to stuff them with fiberfill and add something weighty to the middle–rice or beans or small weights–but then I had a better idea.

I had cleaned out my fabric stash (all hail nesting instincts!) and had a bag of narrow fabric strips left from projects. They were bound for the trash, but instead we stuffed the strips into the balls and I stitched the openings shut.

It worked beautifully. The balls have a nice dense weight, perfect for tossing around.

Ready for Act I. Maybe we could even combine performances and throw a few dance steps between flying balls.

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5 Responses to “juggling balls and carry bag”

  1. Hannah says on July 21st, 2012 at 9:42 pm :

    First–how wonderful that your parents (I am guessing it is your mama) will be coming for the birth… hope you get the same sweet care I have had for the past two weeks! and Second–I sure hope you post pics of this dancing juggling act!!

  2. mountain girl says on July 22nd, 2012 at 6:12 am :

    Yes, I can hardly wait till my parents come! We haven’t seen them in almost a year and a half.
    I’ll miss seeing my 10 siblings, but I am selfishly looking forward to having Mama and Papa kiss my baby, play with my girl, and admire my husband (of course). We will sneak in all the pics we can get!

  3. Lisa Coffee says on July 23rd, 2012 at 10:50 am :

    Love this little set! I’m sure she’ll have a blast learning to juggle.

  4. mom and dad says on July 25th, 2012 at 10:12 am :

    hi honeee……………we too are so excited that your mom and dad will be there with you for this exciting time. enjoy!!! and we are sending good calm thoughts and very good wishes to all of you for this wonderful time. and Cindy, too say hello to all for us/luv u/mom

  5. mountain girl says on July 25th, 2012 at 11:05 am :

    Thank you, Mom! Won’t be long now!