How to make slow-stitched balls from scrap fabrics
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- The first part of my slow-stitched danglers project, these fabric balls will be combined with bells, squishies, tassels and hoarded doodads, to create hanging decorations for the festive season or any time of the year. Next time, I'll be making the bells :)
You can use all kinds of scrap fabrics - lightweight silks and cottons, or fabrics with a bit of stretch work well for these - but do experiment with whatever you have. I'm using pieces from two Scrap Pack bundles from Bazaar -
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Just came across your channel from Pinterest and WOW as soon as I saw all of your gorgeous things on the table I'm hooked, they are divine and I want to make them all. Thanks for sharing xx
oooh that's exciting, someone must have pinned me then?! :) Thank you for watching, I'm very happy you enjoyed it, lots more ideas like this in my previous videos and those yet to come, so watch this space :)
These are fabulous Annie, it’s proper slow stitching, like you I need to slow stitch because it heals my mind and makes me calm. 💕
Ah yes Jan, it's the best kind of slow-stitching for me, once the shapes are made and I can chill out just randomly stitching into them, it's so calming :)
Can’t believe seeing your video Annie, I’ve been making so many decorative balls recently ( great minds ) it’s been very therapeutic whilst I’ve been unwell. I do make mine a bit differently, I think everything you’ve done is fabulous. x 💐
Isn't it weird how that happens Jen? I'd love to see yours if you don't mind sharing some pics - how do you make them? :)
@@artyfartyannie yes I too would like to see/ talk about how to makes these sweet little bobbles also from here in the States….
Hi Jen and Annie, you guys sound so lovely ! ❣️. I hope we get to see your combined creations ☺️😍. Thank you for sharing your talents with us… Leonie in Australia
Oh Annie I just love the dangler series. This has gotten me back into creativity. Started a few nights ago, sat watching tv, stitching away.
Will be putting these on my new Christmas tree.
Ah that's brilliant Johnny, I love to think of you hanging your danglers on your new tree!! Very happy to think it's inspired you to get crafting again :)
Lovely idea for using up scraps ,will look forward to seeing the finished garlands.
Thanks so much 😊
Now I know what to do with those treasured scraps I hoard for years. Thanks 🙏 so much for sharing your enthusiasm. ❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️
You are so welcome, it makes me very happy when someone is inspired by my videos, thank you :)
You know I love using scraps and orts and all things leftover so I’m loving this series Annie 🤗 cheers, Christine
It's what we do best eh Christine?! :) xo
Thank you Miss Annie. I just stumbled over and found your video to be enlightening and delightful ❤❤❤
Ah thank you very much, that's very kind of you to say :) xo
Thank you Annie for your video and great idea. I am doing my best not to link these to your other project we bring up a lot on Saturday lives.😂😂 Seriously though I can see these in the beautiful jewel tones of Bazaar fabric strung up in garlands ,simply glorious.
Thanks Carol :) I just did a great long reply and lost it when the internet died, now what was I saying ... firstly, I know exactly where you mind went Carol!! and then I was rambling on about festooning my craftroom with colourful twinkles, oh and trying Amo's idea of making little twisted ones, like humbugs, must try that. Can't remember what else I was waffling on about :)
Hi Annie, greetings from OZ 🇦🇺😎😍 Its uncanny how these videos pop up when you need them xx I was playing & sorting my craftroom yesterday, yet again ( as we do ), & I came across a container of beautiful silk scarves I used to buy when I came across them, the colours are so beautiful & now I have a project to use them for thanks to you...xxx I'm excited 😁😁 Your shapes are so lovely xxx At the moment I am thread painting & beading some very colourful 8 inch mandalas I cut from a long skirt I bought for $4 from an op shop. I cut out 20 (8 inch) & 25 smaller mandalas & they are turning out so lovely xxx I've had many 'oopsies' with the seed beads, lots ending up on the floor, at one stage I somehow ended up with a few up my pyjama sleeve ...... go figure !!!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣😂 All part of the fun xx TFS XXX love & hugs 😘😘😘
oooh yes, silk scarves would be perfect for this, great idea Pauline! Please do share some pics when you make yours, I would really love to see them :) And the mandalas sound amazing, op shops (charity shops here) are such a great source of fabrics you can reclaim/upcycle - that's a LOT of mandalas, what are you planning to do with them? Please share some pics and tag me so I don't miss them, I'm intrigued :)
@artyfartyannie Hi Annie, I want to stitch them onto a blanket and maybe sew one onto the back of a denim jacket when I find one & sew one onto a calico shopping bag xx I don't know how to share photos ... sorry xx Thanks for your interest 😘 ☺️ xx
You can share them in our free Discord community or Facebook group Pauline, or if you prefer, you could email them to me (all the links are in my linktree in the description box)
Very stitchery Christmassy , what a wonderful idea Annie , love them all xx
Thanks so much Kerry😊
Love these Annie. Always appreciate seeing your videos.
Thanks so much, I always appreciate you watching and thank you for taking the time to comment, it means a lot to me :)
Great idea Annie for Christmas decorations xxx
Thank you Maria - I'm enjoying making these so much that I can imagine making enough to make a door curtain!
so cute. I could make a mobile for the baby to hang over the bed with little birds and hearts and moons. nice thank you
Ooooh yes, that's a lovely idea - babies love to look at twinkly colourful things don't they? :)
Very nice....I have already started making stuffed ornaments like this, and I did think of embellishing them with embroidery, beads, and ribbon roses, etc.... but I hadn't thought of slow stitching.... what a great idea!!!! Thank you!!!
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Wonderful! What perfect timing, please do share pics of your ornaments Donna, I'd love to see them :)
I adore this project so much! I want to slow down my students with these for scrap treasures
Thank you very much, I hope you'll enjoy the rest of this little series too (squishies and tassels coming on Wed and Fri and then I'll be putting them together at the weekend) - they're a great way to use all kinds of scraps, old clothes would work really well too. Please do share some pics if you make some or gt your students making them, I'd love to see :)
@@artyfartyannie I sure will
Really enjoyed this video and looking forward to the sequels. I am inspired to have a go at making some. Thank you x
Thank you Avril, I'm really happy you feel inspired, please do share some pics if you make some, I'd love to see :)
Beautiful decorations Annie, thank you for sharing. Julie Tasmania Australia ❤❤
Thank you very much Julie xo
Your video was a lovely surprise pop-up on my feed this morning and I found myself liking and subscribing within the first few minutes!! Then I watch the video and found a bounce of excitement within myself that I have not felt in some time. I can’t wait to pull out my scraps of fabric and start making this little gems…. I’m tempted to get more scraps just looking at the treasure trove on your table… I know I should just thing about cutting up my saris that I no longer wear (I’m Indian & now disabled so walking is challenging but walking with lots of fabric flapping around my legs might just be asking to fall 😮. Seeing all the fabric pieces on your tables remind me of a trip to Rajasthan for Indian wedding clothes shopping. Thank you for a fantastic video and can’t wait to check out the rest. I need to do some work first but now I have something to look forward to after work. Varsha 💖✨🙏🏽🫶🏽
Ah thank you so much Varsha, your comment has made me very happy! I know that feeling when you get inspired by fabrics, or a video, or an idea and you just can't wait to get home and try it out. How lovely that you have saris you could use for slow-stitching projects - a shame to cut them up in a way but this would be a different way to use and enjoy them. My Mum was anglo-Indian, she had two or three saris, but sadly I don't know what happened to them, I would love to have them now and do something special with them. She brought back two Rajastani puppets from a trip to India some years ago, I still have them, but nowhere to display them, they're really beautiful. Please do share some pics of your projects, I would love to see them. Thank you for subbing and happy stitching :) xo
More lovely ideas Annie, thank you 💕
Thank you Liz, I'm very glad you like them! 😊
Thank you for sharing this fabulous tutorial ❤️ This will be great for Holidays....really anytime 😊
Thank you for watching Pam, I'm so happy you like it, I'm really enjoying making these and as you say I think they will work any time of year :)
Love this Annie ;). I shall be making up some balls with my scraps xx
Thank you Tori, I'm glad you like the idea, these are quite addictive to make - I've had a suggestion to use the suffolk puff makers, so I'm going to try that, it worked well for Granny Sue. I'm even thinking tiny ones would make fun necklaces :)
Another rabbit hole for me to fall down. I might make a few balls for my cats to play with as they love to pat things around the lounge and most of their usual ones are lost under my very heavy sofa!!!!! I’m looking forward to seeing how you make the bells they look amazing.
We love a rabbit hole don't we? Maybe we should start an Alice club :)
Looking lovely Annie. I think these will be easier for me to deal with as hens were a bit too fiddly for my old fingers.
ah yes those hens are fiddly, I've got a few hoarded which I'll be combining with this for my danglers :)
Excellent series of videos ….love tutorials ….
Glad you like them Sherry, thank you very much for watching :)
Lovely little balls. Made one of the bells and have started a ball at the end of teaching, was a little busy but had time for sewing was a lovely chatty class.
Ah I'm glad you had a lovely class, I bet your classes are fab, I'd be there like a shot if I could :)
@ aww this would make class supper fun for me and supper easy you could be teacher! Keep getting told how awesome I am kinda embarrassing I just go red know and say thank you, lol. Tomorrow I am going to be a tutor in adult art class for the morning! Yep stepping out in a big way, I am usually a pupil and just play and have fun with a few arty friends but all but one tutor is away so I am stepping up, I so wanna be the fire warden! lol defibrillator is over the road at the local pool so wanna run a fire drill and just have fun, could get a few of my friends to join in we would have a ball, yep can so see this but alas think I will have to miss out on this still a girls gotta dream though. Have a great week .
Lovely balls with your scraps. I have a very tall glass vase with loads I made some years ago which were then in a magazine article. Theres even one totally covered in sequins. I also had a beautiful piece of Indian ribbon which I made into rectangles but offset the end seams like a humbug before hanging them in my doorway.
Great idea, thanks Amo, I'll do the last few humbug-wise, I bet that looks really cool. I've just had a quick peek at your channel, looks really interesting, so I subbed and I'll be back for a better look later :)
What a great way to use little bits of beautiful fabric
Thank you! 😊
these look so cute, I love it ☺☺
Thank you Chantelle :)
Lovely! Xxxx great way to use tiny pieces of our scrap! Thank you Xxxxxxxx
They're just so inspiring! Thank you for bringing them all together for us to play with :) xo
You are so creative. What a great idea.❤
Thank you Rhonda! 😊
Make lovely baubles ❤
Yes I was thinking that too Karen, great minds! :)
They are wonderful love thay idea xx
Thanks Jacquie! xo
Beautiful!
Thank you! :)
Lovely idea for scraps!❤
Thank you very much, I've used a lot of hoarded treasures up in this project, I think it will be a nice way to enjoy them all :)
This is such an awesome idea! I need to try this ❤
Thank you so much Samantha, I hope you have fun with it :)
Thanks for the video, I love it!!🙂👍
Thank you for watching, I really appreciate it :)
chain stititch or stem st would look nice and festive.
Yes they would, definitely :)
Excellent ideas ma'am ❤😊
Thanks so much, that's very kind of you 😊
So cute!
Thank you Claudia!
Lovely ideas thsnkyou x
You’re welcome thank you for watching Marilyn😊
Recently subscribed lie the use of scrap especially Indian fabric vibratant colours making balls at the moment boho bunting next ang I bought 3 packs from bazar yesterday and today THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR CREATIVE TALENT … ALSO WANTING TO MAKE A VERY COLOURFUL KAWANDI WITHE ALL THE TRIMS APPILQUE EMBROIDERY THANK YOU
Thanks for subbing Ellen and taking the time to leave this lovely comment, I really appreciate it - sounds like you're a kindred spirit and you're going to enjoy playing with those Bazaar packs, have fun and please do share some pics of your scrap packs and whatever you make with them and tag me so I don't miss them, I would love to see :)
How do I share photos with you
You could email them to me (linktree in the description box), or join our free Discord community and/or Facebook group and share them there (links also in the linktree) - make sure you tag me if you share them in the groups or I might miss them :)
Love it ❤😊
Thank you very much Rita :)
Lovely
Thank you! :)
Fabulous
/thank you veyr much Sandra! :)
I am in the UK but googled Indian Fabric Scraps USA. There are some places in the USA selling them.
Ah brilliant, thanks Sue, I'll try and remember to mention that next video :)
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YW!😅
Aim to try.
Go for it Edith! Please share some pics and tag me if you do :)
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Absolutely fabulous,do you know if they ship to the USA?
Yes they do, but you need to email them with what you want, then they will quote you for postage and invoice you if you want to go ahead - if you try to order int he normal way on the website, the system will say they don't ship to your country, but they do. Obviously the postage will cost more, but maybe if you get more bundles it will work out better value, I know people have ordered from US and Canada and been very happy, as they've posted pics in our Fb group :)
13:45 making the balls
I tried a first ball, very small, and decorated it with some miscellaneous beads! Oh boy, how many did it need ? But it looks pretty and will go on the Christmas tree. Thank you.
I'm so happy you enjoyed making one of these - yes indeed you could fit loads of beads onto these, but that's a bonus for me as I have loads to use :) Sequins cover the space much faster, I just dotted them around though, spaced them out a bit :)
Neat!😅
Thanks Edith! :)
Lovely little objects! just wondering why would you embroider after making the ball and not before?
Thank you! I find it much easier to stitch into them once they're made up and you have something to hold onto, and the straight stitching all around once you've gathered up and stuffed the ball, helps to firm up a nice round shape too. If you did the stitching before gathering and stuffing the ball, your stitching would be distorted or lost in the folds - you really need to do the decorative stitching last. I guess you could embroider first for the bells and squishy shapes, but I can't see an advantage to doing that, for me it would feel more fiddly - but you could give it a go and do let me know if you find a better way, I'm always open to suggestions :)
I looked into Bazaar, but shipping to the US is a bit much. Actually, it’s a lot much! So sad. I would love some of their products!
Ah yes it's a shame about the cost of shipping. Might be more worth it if you were having more bundles??? I know people have ordered from US and Canada and been very happy with them. It would be worth loolking to see if anyone over there is doing something similar, please do let me know if you find someone , I would be happy to share it in a future video :)
@ I’ll look. It’s a minimum of $50 to ship. Ouch. I don’t know of anyone else in my area. And honestly, since I only hand stitch, I can’t justify it. So sad though. Their stuff is mouthwatering
So disappointed to find out the Bazaar does not ship to my address in the USA. I tried to order a scrap bundle and wasn't able to. sigh....
Laura, I don't know if I mentioned it in this video, but Bazaar definitely do ship to the US, members of our community in the US, Canada and New Zealand have shared pics of Bazaar packs they've received and been very happy with.
I don't go over it in every video, but what you need to do if you're outside the UK, is NOT to try and put your order through the website in the usual way, but instead email them with what you want and where you are. They will then quote yo for shipping and if you're happy to go ahead, they'll arrange payment and delivery. Hope that helps :)
Such a shame they won’t post to Australia 😢
They definitely will post to Australia Felicity, I know people who've ordered from US, Canada and New Zealand too and been happy with their goodies. I don't know if I mentioned it in this video, but what you need to do is NOT order through the website in the usual way as the system will tell you they don't deliver there. Instead, you need to email them with what you want and where you are, and they will quote you for postage. If you're happy to go ahead, they'll arrange payment and delivery. Hope that helps :)
@@artyfartyannie thank you so much !! I will do that . I really love your creations ❤❤❤❤❤❤
How do you make felted beads?🐹
Hi Kathy. I didn't make the ones that I show here, they came in with Bazaar scrap packs - but I have made them, they're pretty easy and a good way to use up scraps of felting wool from other projects. They way I've done it is to start with rolling up a little ball of wool (ie roving wool used for needle felting), start stabbing into it to firm it up and keeping adding more layers, stabbing as you go, until it's the size you want. If you keep turning as you work, it helps to keep the ball shape. You could use waste bits of felting wool or even orts or knitting wool for that inside ball, just keep adding layers of the felting wool on top of it. You can create patterns with different colours on the outer layer too. I believe some people then put them through a hot wash to further felt the fibres together, but I haven't actually tried that myself. Hope that helps - I'd love to share some pics if you have a go, youcould share them in the FB group or Discord community, linktree is in the description :)
Could you use the yo-yo maker?
Yes, definitely, that's a good idea, I'll try it next time Beverly, thanks for the suggestion :)
Has anyone in the USA successfully ordered from the Bazaar shop?
Yes, definitely - and Canada, Australia and New Zealand. People in those countries have shared pics in the FB group of their Bazaar packs and been very happy with them. Just don't try putting an order through via the website in the usual way. What you need to do is to email them with what you want, let them know where you are, they will then let you know how much shipping would be and if you want to go ahead, they'll arrange payment and delivery. Hope that helps :)
@@artyfartyannie Thank you for the information on how to order from them.
Have know idea of what your doingv😮
I hoep it became clear as you watched the video! :)
Delightful??
Thank you Jackie! :)
Does bazaarshop send to US ?
Yes I believe they do but instead of ordering on their website you have to email with what you want and they'll quote you the shipping cost and sort out payment method etc
As Claire says, you need to email them - if you try to order in the normal way it will say they don't ship to your country, but they do, they'll quote you for postage and then invoice you if you want to go ahead :)
Cant wait to make these too long talking
I hope you enjoy making some, sorry if you didn't enjoy my waffle :)