Hello Kitty...finished.

Half way through cleaning my studio.

I couldnt help finishing Sandras ball last night. And I was in such a hurry that I forgot to snap photos of the pieces before gluing together.

Today is another cleaning day. The next half of my studio ( actually it's two rooms)is going to be a nice and tidy place again.
And, I have to start sewing again to use some of my fabrics. It's overloaded up there.




Photo above shows Kitty together with gramdma and grandpa.
Below she is with her mom and dad.



This ball came out very nice shaped. You can see the almost perfect circle and at the same time a very clear square. Really facinating.
The corner "flowers" acts just like I had hoped for and the nice thing is that there are a lot of "right sides" as well.
Next I'm trying to make a star. Perhaps I'll have filled the house with stars next Christmas. :-)
Enjoy your day everyone.

Sandras ball.

Sneak peak.

Just a small post this time because it's time for cleaning my studio. This is a sneak peak of the new ball that I'm making. These four first pieces will be the upper half of Sandras ball.
How lucky am I to have Sandra to "blame" it on, hehe.
Sandra is obsessed by Hello Kitty so I thought that would be a good opportunety to try making a child ball.
Sandra has some colouring books here at my place all about Hello Kitty. I've used them to look at when drawing the images. It has been very timeconsuming to make this one. A lot of not visible work, but I really enjoy doing it and can't wait till coming weekend when Sandra is back here. I'll give her the choice to keep the ball here or to bring it home to her own room there.



This ball is equal the size as my first one but the wings are cut back so I'm quite exited to see how it works this time.
When working on this one I got a whole new idea that I have to try. It's stored in my to do pile.
But today is cleaning day ( isj...not enjoyable) and my studio really needs it.

Have a nice day everyone.

Another ball.

I've finished my second one.

On this one I chose to use just one colour as a background and I think that was smarter. The ball is looking more like a ball this time and it's because the "wings" are cut back. To get this shape one have to use rounded triangles.( A triangle with rounded sides) As shown in the photo below.



Use whatever you like.

As I showed you you can use any form of decoration on the ball. Could have been nice to use kanzachi flowers all around. One could easily cut out the midcircle and insert photos or other things. The possibilities are endless.



All decorated.

Here they are all ready for gluing together. When I first saw them like this I thought they could be nice to use as small coasters for glasses or other things. One could ofcoures have chosen just one set of colours to enrich the table decoration, and a couple of balls hanging over the table. ( now I'm laughing) I easily get carried away.



The size of this ball is Ø 13 cm (5.25 inches) each circle and that's somewhat smaller than the first one. I really like the size of this one and I could even downsize it a bit more.

They are easy to make just be exact from the beginning. One need to have the circles/triangles just the same size. If not, the gluing together process will become a nightmare.



I enjoy when the triangles are ready to work on. To be able to choose the right design so that it looks well. That's the real fun. Working it out and then do the job and see if it comes out accordngly to your intentions.

Come on folks give it a try, I promise you will enjoy it.
Don't hesitate to ask me any questiones and I would ofcourse loooove to see your balls.

Wish you all the best.

My exiting to make "ball"

You should try this once.

I had imagined that the ball would look a bit more rounded, but this was my learning ball. I'm hooked. I'm starting a new one immediately after writing this post. The decorating part is so fun to do. Almost like meditating. This ball will have its place right inside my front door, to welcome visitors.




It's made of 8 circles Ø 20 cm ( 8 inches)
I had some old papers that I used and then glued on strips of book papers. It's neccesary that the circles are a bit sturdy.



As you see I've used the lotus flower as pattern. That was why I connected the ball to meditating. (lotus is often used as a symbol in meditation)



This ball can be used in several projects. One could make a ball to a newborn and use date, time and year as part of the symbols. It could be used as table decoration and lots of other things.



The photo above is taken me lying on the floor.



Here you see it hanging in a little distance and here you can see that it's not that ballshaped. The next one will be though. I have it all figured out.

Wish you all the best.