Amish Puzzle Ball Pincushion pattern adjusted to any size
Materials
·
Light-colored
fabric
·
Dark-colored
fabric
·
Cardboard
·
Needle
·
Polyester
fiberfill
·
Ruler
·
Scissors
or circle cutter or rotary cutter
· - Six
jingle bells, buttons or beads
·
Straight
pins
·
Thread
Instructions
1. Draw a circle pattern of your desired diameter. Fold in quarters. Overlap two quarters to get the oval pattern as shown in the picture. Instructions
3. Place
the cardboard pattern on the fabric and draw around it with the pencil. Cut out
the oval. Make 12 ovals of dark fabric.
4. Cut out six circles out of the light colored
fabric. Cut in half each circle.
5. Fold
in half and crisp the fold. Make a mark one inch from the straight border.
6. Star
sewing the folded half circle one inch away front he straight border and stop ¼
inch away from the curve border. This opening will allow to turn inside out the
wedge and fill it up with polyester fiberfill.
7. Sew,
a 1/4-inch seam with a straight stitch, along the curved edge of a light folded
quarter and dark-colored oval together, wrong sides together.
8. Chain-sewing speed up the process and saves thread and time. Turn the quarter wedge created inside out to the right side.
9. Stuff the quarter wedge with fiberfill.
10. Hand-sew
the unfinished edge closed. Make 12 quarter wedges, repeating the pattern using
six light-colored and six dark-colored oval.
11. Hand
sew the pointed ends of four quarter wedges together with thread. Repeat for another four quarter wedges.
12. Hand
sew a jingle bell, button or bead to cover the hand stitches in the connection.
13. Hand
sew the inner pointed ends of four quarter wedges together with thread and keep
adding the other quarter wedges.
14. At
this point there are eight quarter wedges together.
15. Hand sew the pointed ends of the last four quarter wedges together with thread. Your will have twelve quarter wedges.
16. Hand
sew the jingle bells, buttons or beads to cover the stitches on the connections.
Enjoy!
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