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Tools & Materials

• ballpoint pen

• drafting compass

• tape measure

• craft knife

• tucking tool

• one 8 cm smooth foam ball

• solid dark red cotton fabric

• Red, black, etc. Japanese floral patterned cotton fabric

• 5 mm gold sequins

• gold ribbon

• 3/4 inch gold pins*

• two pearl-topped corsage pins

• two gold filigree embellishments

• craft glue

*purchased at Cartwright’s

Instructions

1. Divide your ball into six equal sections.

2. Set your compass to 2 cm and draw a circle at the top and bottom of your foam ball.

3. In each of the six sections, find the center point of the line you just drew and mark. Do this on both the top and bottom of your ball, as seen in the video below.

4. Then, at the equator, the mold line. Set your compass to 1 cm, place the compass point on one of the six vertical lines, and mark the mold line on both sides of the drawn line, as shown in the video below. You should have two marks on either side of each of the six vertical lines when you are finished.

5. Connect the dots to create six vertical diamond shapes inside the original six sections drawn.

6. Cut the diamond shapes into the foam.

7. Cut six pieces of the patterned black and red fabric into diamond shapes, leaving extra fabric for tucking.

8. Tuck the fabric, covering the diamond shape. You may glue down the fabric if you wish, but make sure that the glue doesn’t seep through the fabric.

9. Next, cover the top and bottom circles with the black floral fabric.

10. Then, cut out six rectangles of solid red fabric, leaving enough extra fabric for tucking. Tuck, as shown in the video, including the center line.

11. Next, pin gold sequins along the seams, covering all the seams.

12. Pin a filigree embellishment with a corsage pin to the bottom of the ornament.

13. Finish with a gold hanging ribbon and filigree embellishment pinned at the top with a corsage pin.