Baseball Wall

I am not the only person

perusing Pinterest.

Breese is too. 

In anticipation of a 

four year old guest on a regular basis

she is decorating her spare bedroom in

a baseball motif. 

Yuck.

Not a fan of the game. 

But I am a fan of Breese's.

So here you have it:

The baseball wall.

Some of the images on Pinterest don't include

the shading. 

I felt the shading added a lot.

You also will be hard pressed 

to pick up any tips on doing this, 

so here are mine. 

First, I used a 

thumb tack, 

a piece of string

and a pencil

to draw my arcs. 

I would have preferred a piece of chalk to the pencil

because figuring the width of the arcs

along with how far apart they should be

turned out to be an act of faith.

Also, the wall I was painting was oblong, not a square

so the space between the arcs seems a bit off.

I think squaring off an area might have worked better.

And here's a little tip you won't find

anywhere else, 

make a template for the stitches, 

it sets a consistent arch along with consistent spacing. 

Still not a fan of the game.

Thankfully, still a fan of Breese :)