My sister-in-law gave birth to her second child on March 30th. Keiran came up with the idea of making a baby mobile using felt. He suggested stars and moons and I came up with flowers. We got to work by first bringing out two vintage wool quilts.
Supplies:
- Wool Felt
- Inside Wooden Ring of a Large Embroidery Hoop
- Embroidery Thread
- Needle
- Glue Gun
- Wool Yarn
Cut 8 circles (pictured is 7), 3 inches in diameter out of wool felt. I choose an ivory color from a vintage Navy blanket.
Cut 16, 1 1/4" in diameter circles. I chose a soft blue from a vintage quilt.
Cut 1 inch into the large circles nine time in a circle as pictured. This creates the petals.
Take your embroidery thread and sew three french knots on each blue circle. Every white flower should have a blue circle on each side. The six french knots in total will hold the flower together. When the last french knot is secure take your needle and bring it up through the center of one of the blue circles. Do this with all eight flowers as these threads will be tied to the embroidery hoop.
Cut a strip from wool that will cover wooden ring. I chose one edge of the blanket that was slightly frayed. Using a glue gun, glue the wool strip to the wooden ring.
Cut three lengths of wool yarn. These will be tied together to hang your mobile from above. Secure them to the ring evenly apart.
Tie the three in a knot at the ends of the yarn. Trim the ends neatly.
Tie all eight threads to embroidery hoop evenly. I decided to hang them at different heights but didn't really have a pattern to do this.
The baby's view of the mobile.
The finished felt flower mobile.
Total Cost:
- Thrifted Embroidery Hoop .30 cents
- Thrifted Emboidery Thread .2 cents
- Thrifted Wool Blankets $1.00 each (used a tiny bit) .10 cents
- Thrifted Yarn $1.00, used .5 cents
final price: .47 cents.
It took me about an hour and a half to complete the project. This present is now in the mail and hopefully will arrive today or tomorrow at my brother's home in Seattle.
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