Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Sweater Blocks



Holy tedious! This is the project I started at Jamie's a few weeks ago. These are a set of building blocks/balls/toys for Paul's youngest niece and his nephew. I made them by cutting out squares from felted wool sweaters, seaming them together by hand using a thin yarn and stuffing them with polyfil.



I think the colors and textures are interesting so hopefully the kids will too!



If I were to make these again, I would sew the seams with a sewing machine. Handsewing 12 seams on each of 7 blocks took a long time.


3 comments:

  1. they look great! i'm sure the kids will love squishing them and building with them! but i'm with you... OOF on the handsewing! i suppose you could liven up machine seams by some quick running stitches with yarn after the fact, perhaps?

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  2. I honestly cannot believe how cool these things are! Any chance you'll make some for Zoe someday!??! Hee hee! I'm sure the nephews and nieces will love them!

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  3. oooo those are cool! i really like the patterns and colors you paired together. heck I'D like 'em, so i'm sure the kids will!

    nice work trin :)

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