fatsewcat

The basketball itself is as near to actual size as I could get it which is what determined the block size I was using. The ball and the lines were sewn onto the background first. I left small openings for the pieces of the net that were to be "behind" the ball. The black lines on the ball is made from one piece of fabric, fused then zig-zag stitched down. The net is also from one piece of fabric, fused down then zig-zag stitched in place. I used a light box to get the lines drawn onto the paper side of the fusible webbing, cut them out then used the light box again to lay it down in the right place before ironing it down and stitching over it.

Here's a couple more pictures of the process. In the second picture, I was just looking at how the net was going to look against the ball.

Both this picture and the swimmer at the bottom were clipart I found online. My nephew's strongest and favorite swim stroke is the breast stroke and this was the best picture that I could find that I liked. I modified the water to more than just a line.

and Thank you for your kind words and compliments.