2 Mobile

Hello!

It's nap time and I have a moment to spare...

I had actually made this mobile before little LaLa (AKA: Stella) was born. I was waiting for the perfect photo opportunity.

Awww... sleepy-sleep...

I've thought about buying a mobile. There's so many cute and wonderful mobiles out there, but with a limited budget, I decided to make my own.

Here's a quick tutorial...

supplies:

-felt balls of different colors and sizes

-lovely doilies (purchased here)

-stiffener (to stiffen the doilies so it would hang nicer)

-the outside hoop of an embroidery hoop

-various colors of embroidery thread

-buttons

-glass beads (not shown)

-hot glue (not shown)

-twine to hang the mobile

-ribbon trim

-24 gauge soft jewelry wire (not shown)

-jewelry crimps (optional). You can just tie a knot.

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First, following the directions on back of the fabric stiffener, I stiffened several doilies. It took a couple of days and several coats of stiffener to get to the desired stiffness. I then wrapped wire around the hoop, kris-crossing each strand (shown in first photo).

Here, I created a hook on the button using some wire and hot glued it to the doily. 

On the other side of the doily, I glued a felt ball.

Then I hung each one with a different color embroidery thread at different lengths to the wire on the hoop. I also used the larger felt balls with a glass beads on the ends to hang as well.

Once I was satisfied with the hanging pieces, I glued ribbon around the hoop to cover the wires and used twine to hang from the ceiling.

Voila!

A special mobile for little LaLa!

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OH...

Lala's waking up...

gotta go...

see you soon!