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<\/a><\/p>\nIf\u00a0 you’d like to make an ornament like this, it’s very easy.\u00a0 You could make them for just about any theme imaginable, new baby, first Christmas together, sports teams, favorite hobbies . . . Here are some general guidelines:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Cover a 4″ foam ball with a layer of batting.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0Run a row of gathering stitches around the edge of a\u00a013″ circle of fabric.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 Insert the ball into the fabric circle and pull the gathers up tight.\u00a0 Hot gathers glue in place.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 Add whatever decorations you’d like to the ball.\u00a0 I used my inkjet printer to print “Cadence’s 1st Christmas 2008” onto sanded shrink plastic.\u00a0 I cut out the oval shape and then shrank it with a heat gun.\u00a0 Then I trimmed this with rat tail cord and ribbon roses.<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 Starting at the gathered section, glue lengths of ribbon all around the ball.\u00a0 I left mine long to begin with and trimmed them later.<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0 Cover the raw edges of the gathers with ribbon trim, small toys, whatever you like.\u00a0 Make sure to add a hanging loop!<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0 Add small charms to the ribbons.\u00a0 I used more images that were printed onto shrink plastic, punched out with paper punches and shrunk. Trim the ends of the ribbons on the diagonal.<\/p>\n
Have fun, and don’t forget to share what you’ve made!<\/p>\n
Sandy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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