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Making a Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game


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December 27, 2016

Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - finished game pouch with two markers on boardHere's a simple little version of the popular game of tic tac toe, also known as noughts and crosses. Of course you can always play this at any time with just a pen and paper, but this pocket game is pretty and fun to carry around. I have used floral fabric. For a boy use plain colours or a more geometric design.

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If you have never played before, it is an easy game that even young children can master. You need two players. One player is noughts and the other is crosses. Draw four lines crossing, two horizontally and two vertically. Take turns to draw symbols in the spaces (noughts or crosses) The first person to get three in a row, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, wins.

For the game featured here, you use the different coloured buttons in place of the written symbols

Supplies:

  • 2 small squares of fabric
  • 10 buttons in 2 colours
  • sewing thread
  • sewing needle
  • embroidery thread
  • large eyed embroidery needle
  • scissors
Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - supplies
 

Steps:

  1. Fold one square of fabric into thirds and mark the folds with a crease at each end.
  2. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - fold one square into thirds and mark
     
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  3. Use the creases to guide you to sew 2 lines of back stitch using your embroidery needle and floss. Use all six strands of the floss. Alternatively you could glue narrow ribbon or cord in place.
  4. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - sew 2 lines of back stitch using your embroidery needle and floss
     
    Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - lines of horizontal backstitching
     
  5. Do the same in the other direction.
  6. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - vertical back stitching lines
     
  7. Take your second piece of fabric and lay the two pieces right sides together.
  8. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - place right sides of fabric squares together
     
  9. Using the sewing thread and needle, back stitch around three sides with a seam allowance of just a few mm. Use a sewing machine if you prefer.
  10. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - hand or machine stitch around 3 sides
     
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  11. Now turn down a hem around the opening and stitch in place. You are making a bag.
  12. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - turn down a hem around the opening and stitch in place
     
  13. Snip off any straggling threads.
  14. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - snip off threads
     
  15. Turn right side out.
  16. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - turn bag right side out
     
    Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - turned bag
     
  17. With two more lengths of embroidery floss, make running stitches front and back along the top edge without securing the ends.
  18. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - using two more lengths of embroidery floss make running stitches on front and back of bag, don't secure ends
     
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  19. Tie the ends together.
  20. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - tie ends of the embroidery floss on the front and back of bag to each other
     
  21. Use your little bag to hold the buttons.
  22. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - place buttons of two different colors inside the bag
     
    Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - bag cinched shut
     
  23. Use the buttons to play tic tac toe.
  24. Fabric and Button Tic-Tac-Toe Game - using the buttons to play
     

Comments


Gold Post Medal for All Time! 677 Posts
December 27, 20161 found this helpful

This is a wonderful idea. Thanks for posting.

 
December 27, 20160 found this helpful

Charming and useful!
I'm going to make one!

----Robyn

 
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