Every Sunday, Connor and his Daddy watch football. Sunday is Mommy's resting & shopping day! Anyway, I always say that he needs a little football outfit for Sundays, but all his football-themed clothing is still too big. So I made him a little football toy...that's also too big! He'll grown into it : )
I followed the pattern from The Train to Crazy with a few changes of my own. I had this thick white woven strips leftover from the belt I made. I reinforced the ends so they wouldn't fray.
I cut 7 inch pieces of ribbon for the taggies.
Using the fabric pattern from the link above, I cut my football-shaped fabric and put everything together.
With the right sides in, I sewed the football together and left an opening for stuffing.
I also added a few small jingle bells inside the stuffing to add some noise for the baby.
After stuffing the football, I hand-stitched the small opening closed.
After stuffing the football, I hand-stitched the small opening closed.
Cute! I need to make a taggie for Alex, he loves sucking on tags.
ReplyDeleteoh, super cute...it's almost as big as he is, lol.
ReplyDeleteI love it! When we have a boy, I'm going to have to make one of these.:)
ReplyDeleteShiloh
everydaygameplan.net
What baby wouldn't love a taggy football! Such a great idea!
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OH wow! What a brillliant idea! So cute!
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Hope you have a great week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
What a cute idea!!! Love the football and the football fan.
ReplyDeleteLove Connor and his football!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I'm not crafty at all though! I'll take a Packers one please. Of course, that would be major conflict of interest with the Bears, wouldn't it? :-) I'll pass this on to a friend who totally would make one!
ReplyDeleteOh how i wish I could sew -- this is adorable!
ReplyDeleteJenny
www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com
Lisa, this is such a darling idea for a baby toy! I'm featuring your post on my Facebook page today.
ReplyDeleteJenn
This is so cute. I've pinned it to use in the future for my sister. She and her new husband would love it! Now they just need to have baby ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming by my blog :) I really like your taggie football- so clever the way you used the taggies as the laces!
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