Pentagon ball

Baby will just love this soft ball plaything. It is easily made using a pentagonshaped template, adjusted to suit the size you want the ball to be. Made from scraps of fabric in coordinating patterns, it will withstand hours of play.

Essential Information DIFFICULTY Easy SIZE Approximately 13cm (5in) in diameter TOOLS AND MATERIALS Tracing paper Pencil or marker pen Scissors Stiff card, paper, or freezer paper Pins or paper clips Sewing needle Threads to match your fabrics Toy filling Child-safe toy bell or rattle (optional) FABRICS 12 scraps of coordinating fabric, each a minimum of 10 x 10cm (4 x 4in) SKILLS English paper piecing (see pp.124–125) Fussy cutting (optional, see p.38) Pentagon ball layout Cut the template Using a pencil or marker pen, trace the pentagon template (see pp.172-175) onto tracing paper and cut it out. You can make the template larger or smaller if you’d like to alter the size of the ball. Copy the template onto card, paper, or freezer paper to make a total of 12…

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