Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Juggling Balls

I found this in my drafts post list from March of this year.  One of the original set I made for Jacob ripped shortly after I made it.  I wanted to make him a replacement and couldn't find the pattern I had used.  Low and behold I had the pattern right in my drafts.  So of the sites below the first one listed proved to be the most useful.  The juggling balls are a great size and shape.  Oh and the reason his ripped is because I failed to put interfacing on the fabric.  The interfacing is dual purpose. One, stiffening the fabric and two, preventing fraying. So if you decide to make these I recommend doing the interfacing. Now it's happy sewing!!


This site gives detailed, yet complicated instructions.
http://juggleballs.amielmartin.com/all

The site below has good advice on what type of fabric to use etc.
http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/skills/equipment/making/balls/barnesybags.html

The site below has printable patterns for many different styles of balls
http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/skills/equipment/making/balls/sewingpatterns.html

I clicked on this link and got this:
http://www.jugglingdb.com/compendium/skills/equipment/making/balls/Sewing%20Patterns%20for%20Juggling%20Part%20I.pdf

This site gives somewhat useless information about making juggling balls =)
http://www.pjb.com.au/jug/leatherballs.html

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