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A simple picture tutorial
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BalloonBallTutorial
Materials:
• Afatquarteroffabric• Patterncutouts• Pencil• Scissors• Rotaryblade&cuttingmat(it’sokayifyoudon’thavethese)
• Seamripper• Pins&needles• Sewingmachine
Layoutyourfabric.Ihighlysuggestironingitbeforeuse.Makesureit’sinsideout&foldedinhalf.Iliketoputpinsinthebottomedgesothatmyfabricdoesn’tmove.Thenstarttracingthetemplatewithpencil.Youwillneedtotrace4ovalishshapesandoneoctagontogetthetotal8ovalsand2octagons.
Oncethey’realltraced,insertsomepinsinsidetheshapestoprepareforcutting
Theseshapescanbetrickytocut,sousingscissorsisprobablyeasiestunlessyou’reaproatrotaryblades.Ialmosthadafewaccidents,butImanaged!It’sratherredeemingtogetaperfectlycutoutshape.
Onceyouhaveall5cutouts,we’rereadytoroll!
Incomesthesewingmachine!Graboneofyourovalsandsewdownjustoneside.Startwherethestraightpartstops,anddon’tforgettobackstitch.Asyoucansee,Icausedmyselfalotofgriefbyputtingeverysinglepininbackwards.
Keeptheedgeofthefabricrightupontheedgeofyourfootforanicecleanseam.
Onceyou’vedonethatone,dothesametotheother3ovals.
Okay!Nowthatall4ovalshaveaseamdownjustoneside,wecanstartpiecingthemainpartoftheballtogether.Openupapairofovalsandinsertitintoanotherpair,keepingtherightsidesofthefabricfacingeachother.
Pinthemtogetherandrunaseamdowntheedge,justasyoudidwiththepairs.Nowyouhavehalfaball!Setthishalfasideandrepeatwiththeothertwosections.
Nowwe’regoingtojointhetwosections.Keepingrightsidestogether,lineuptherawedgesofthehalves.Pinthemtogether&sewtheedge.Itlookssocoolatthisstage!
Fittogetherthelasttwoedgesandseamthem.
Oohlookastarfruit!Setyourballbodyasideforamoment…
…andgrabanoctagon.Makealinewithyourpencilonthewrongside,aboutaninchorsolong.Itdoesn’thavetobestraightorexact,it’sjustgoingtoactasaguide.
Thispartisgoingtobetricky.Ihavearathersimplesewingmachine,soIdon’tknowhowthiswouldbeaccomplishedonothertypes,butthelengthofthestitchwillbesetat0,ortheshortestsettingavailable,andthewidth(thinkzig‐zag)issetat3,aboutamedium.
Positiontheoctagonunderthefootsothatthelineisjusttotherightoftheneedle.
Slowlysewdowntheedgeoftheline.Youmayhavetopullthefabricabittokeepitmoving.
Whenyoureachtheendofyourline,stop,makingsuretheneedleisstillinthefabric.Liftupthefoot.
Carefullyturnthefabricwiththeneedlestillinitsothattheendofyourlineisnowatthetop.
Overlapthefirstfewstitcheswiththeonesontheothersideoftheline,thentrytoveerawayatadandoverlapagainattheendoftheline.
Ifyourstitchingwentwell,itshouldcomeoutsomethinglikethis.
Nowwe’regoingtomakeahole.Insertyourseamripperintothemiddleofthetwolinesandripup,tryingnottorunoveranyofthoseneatstitches.
Aren’tyougladwe’redonewiththatmessnow?Guesswhat,there’smore!
Lineupeachtaboftheovalswithasideoftheoctagon.Ifoundoutlaterthatit’smucheasiertopineveryothertabratherthanallofthem.Keeprightsidestogether.Theedgeoftheoctagonshouldbepositionedslightlyunderneaththevisiblestitchesofthesides.Carefullysewaroundtheoctagon.
Repeatthesameprocessfortheotherendoftheballwiththeotheroctagon.
Theballiscomplete!Therearejustafewmorethingstodo.Snipanyleftoverthreadsthatmaybehangingaround.
Usingtheholewemadeearlier,reachthroughandpinchthebottomoftheballandpullthroughthehole.
Finally,we’reatthefunpart!Findyourselfaballoon!Stickitinthehole,blowitup,tieit,andhavefun!