If you had more felt, I'd suggest you look at a baseball. That uses two pieces of leather to cover the whole surface. You could cut similar shapes out of felt.
If you just want to cover half the ball... Feels like there should be a shape that will do it, with a bit of stretching and a curved seam, but I'm having trouble visualizing it right now
You can certainly cover half of the ball. Look at the page on the "construction of soccer balls" and the printable PDF pattern for a "truncated icosahedron".
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10 years ago
You can't. The Ball has a surface area of 4 x pi x r2 , 4*3.1*9 =112 sq. in.
Your felt has an area of 8 x 11, 88 sq in.
Answer 10 years ago
Is there a pattern I could cut this felt into which would cover at least half of the ball? I can use feathers to cover the other half.
Answer 10 years ago
If you had more felt, I'd suggest you look at a baseball. That uses two pieces of leather to cover the whole surface. You could cut similar shapes out of felt. If you just want to cover half the ball... Feels like there should be a shape that will do it, with a bit of stretching and a curved seam, but I'm having trouble visualizing it right now
Answer 9 years ago
I like your answer and will try it. Thank you so much
10 years ago
You can certainly cover half of the ball. Look at the page on the "construction of soccer balls" and the printable PDF pattern for a "truncated icosahedron".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(ball)#External_links