Draw your pattern. A baseball is sewn from two pieces of material. The pieces are shaped roughly like a figure eight or dumbbell. Take the round object, such as a glass, a jar lid or a can of soup, to use as your base template. Bear in mind that the finished ball will be approximately the same diameter as the round object you use to trace the pattern with. Denimball2.JPG Trace the round object once and then move it 2/3rds of its width away from the original tracing and trace it again. Denimball3.JPG Join the two circles from edge to edge.Denimball4.JPG Narrow the "neck" part of the diagram by approximately a quarter of the total width of the circles on both top and bottom. From here on forth, ignore the "outer" lines, as they were for reference only.Denimball5.JPG Using the inner lines as your guide to make the final template, round the inner corners.Denimball6.JPG Draw a second line (dotted in this case) around the outside of your shape to serve as your cutting line (allowing 1/4 inch seam allowance). seamDenimball7.JPG
Pin two layers of cloth together and cut two of these pieces from your heavy cloth.
Sew the two pieces together along their seam line (1/4 inch from the outside edge), starting the rounded end of one piece in the middle of the "waist" of the other piece and with right sides facing together as shown.
Leave an inch or so of opening for turning right side out and stuffing. Back stitch the ends of the seams to prevent unraveling at inopportune moments during stuffing.
Clip the seam allowances every quarter inch or so up to the stitch line to allow the seam to lay smooth when turned, being careful to clip up to the line without actually cutting the seam.
Turn the ball “right side” out and stuff it to the level of firmness you like
Blind stitch the opening closed. Small ball.jpg
Voila! You’ve got a cloth ball!
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