Monday, November 28, 2011

Baby Taggie Stuffed Football

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.

Then I pinned everything together and sewed the taggies on.

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.

Here he is showing off his new football! (Not too excited that day, but oh well...)

And since we're in Bears territory, I also made a Chicago Bears football.

13 comments :

  1. Cute! I need to make a taggie for Alex, he loves sucking on tags.

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  2. oh, super cute...it's almost as big as he is, lol.

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  3. I love it! When we have a boy, I'm going to have to make one of these.:)
    Shiloh
    everydaygameplan.net

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  4. What baby wouldn't love a taggy football! Such a great idea!

    Thank you for visiting and commenting on my blog!

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  5. OH wow! What a brillliant idea! So cute!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a great week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  6. What a cute idea!!! Love the football and the football fan.

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  7. Very 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!

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  8. So cute!! I am going to have to make one for my little girl to watch football with her daddy. I am pinning this so I can come back. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Oh how i wish I could sew -- this is adorable!

    Jenny
    www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com

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  10. Lisa, this is such a darling idea for a baby toy! I'm featuring your post on my Facebook page today.

    Jenn

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  11. 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 ;-)

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  12. Thanks for coming by my blog :) I really like your taggie football- so clever the way you used the taggies as the laces!
    Catherine at ToBeContinued

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