And while I was away I did a bit of hand stitching....

 I started making another indigo ball using paper piecing.

 I cut out 20 paper triangles and 12 paper pentagons

and tacked the fabric over them.

 And then stitched...

 2 hemispheres,

then I removed the paper before the last few stitches

 

The filling I am using has come from one the old kimonos.

It was a layer of padding, for warmth I suppose.

 

Done (almost).