[Nfb-krafters-korner] quilted foam balls

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

What is fiber fill?  How do you use it?

Terry
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Osmar [mailto:osmarc at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:21 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] quilted foam balls

I have a suggestion.  This will give the balls a look of quilting to use
as a tree decoration.  All you need is a small amount of poly fiber fill
and some small pieces of fabric cut to about an inch and a half squares.
You will also need something like a cutical  stick with a dull point.

Take a piece of fiber fill about the size of a thumb nail and one piece
of fabric.  Place it on the ball and use the stick to poke the fabric
around the fiber fill into the ball.  continue adding fiber fill and
fabric until the entire ball is covered.  Add a hook and hang.
Carol
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "tribble" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com
>To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:57:04 -0600
>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam

>love it -- now could I ask a question to further challenge the
creativity on
>the list:

>I bought some items from lacrafts.com (I think that was the name)
and was
>not going to, but saw these stirofoam  balls on sale and thought
I could do
>something fun for Christmas.  Now I'm sitting here amid a small
basket of
>stirofoam balls wondering why I ordered them...  (I feel like a
kid in a
>candy store when buying crafty things, but usually limit myself
to things I
>actually plan to use...)

>Does anyone have any thoughts of an easy craft using 3 inch
balls?  I only
>bought the one size.  I want to avoid spray paint, but glue and
pins and
>tissue paper are acceptable.  I'm out of ideas.
>Anyone want some stirofoam balls for a good price??? j/k

>TIA and happy crafting.
>--le


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "joseli Walter" <joseli at thezoolady.net
>To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:33 PM
>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam


>I've recently discovered a new medium to work with.  I'm sure
it's been out
>there for a while, in fact, given the fact that I found it in the
kid's
>crafting section, it's probably been around forever.  Anyway,
I've started
>making Christmas decorations our of sheets of foam rubber.  You
can cut it
>nicely and it really can be a nice creative medium.  I got
several Christmas
>themed sets that have pre-cut Christmas shapes such as snowmen,
Christmas
>trees, bows, gifts and even penguins for some odd reason.  These
are made
>into stickers, so you can just peel off the back and slap them on
your
>project.  I also have enough foam alphabet stickers to last a
century!
>Oh, and if you get the alphabet stickers, keep the little dots
that fill in
>the letters with the back attached, they make grate little dots
for marking
>things.
>I got 2 spools of thread, one silver, the other gold and marked
the inside
>of one of the spools with a foam dot.
>I also got some glitter glue, haven't played with that yet and
the old
>standby, tacky glue, never leave home without it!
>I got all this at walmart.
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