Poké Ball Pillow Take Two: 3D Version

Poké Ball Pillow Take Two: 3D Version

I wasn't 100% thrilled with how my original Poké Ball Pillow turned out, so I decided to make a 3D sphere version as well. 

I used my left over fabric from my original pillow to make it.

I used this pin for my pattern for the ball:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/371335931745679896/ 

I tried to use the source, but the blog was protected. So what I did was used my snipping tool to get the image and then enlarged it in Word. You can make it whatever size you want. I make the total height about 8" for mine. 

There are a bunch of ball patterns online that you can try out as well.

Anyways, take your pattern and fold it in half. Mark the half way point.

Give yourself about a half inch hem allowance on your pattern piece then cut it in half.

Cut six pieces of red and six pieces of white flannel (or fleece if you choose). You can then partner up your white and red pieces. 

Pin the pieces togther along the center edge.

Give them a quick stitch and then flatten out the seam. 

To start making the ball, pin two of the pieces together along the edges and hem them together. 

Repeat three times. 

Next, connect the three pieces in a similar manner until you get a sphere. 

Leave a small gap near the equator line of your ball for your stuffing.

Turn the ball right side out and begin stuffing. 

Stuff stuff stuff with all the fluff fluff fluff.

It is okay if the stripes don't match exactly, because you will be going back to make the black band. 

When you are done stuffing the ball, hand sew it up.

Next, take a strip of black flannel (or fleece). I made mine approximately two inches wide pre-hemming (1-ish inch post-hemming). 

 I attached fusible interfacing to the back and then gave each side a small hem. 

The length of your strip will be based on the circumference of your ball. 

I then took fabric glue and glued it the black strip down around the middle of the ball. I made sure that the black strip covered up any imperfection on the center seam.

Next, I made the button. I cut a circle out of the black flannel and attached fusible interfacing. 

I then sniped the edges (using another circle as my reference) and pinned them down.

I gave myself a quick hem along the edges.

For the white center, I cut out a white circle of flannel and glued it onto the center.

Boom. Done. And in less than a hour.