Felt Flower Mobile Tutorial

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.

Comments

[kristen]

Ohhhh! That is so sweet! What a lucky little baby! ♥

[elsie]

what a breathtakingly sweet gift - I'm sure it will make some lucky mommy squeal with delight!!

[Katie]

Great idea Selena!Thanks for your comment on my post. I felt your hug all the way from California. xo

[heidi]

Hands down, you are the best thrifter I know!!!

[Donnelly]

This is so beautiful! How sweet that you son came up with the idea of a mobile!

Thanks for sharing!
Have a great day!

[Nicole (Frontier Dreams)]

That is so sweet! I agree with Heidi - you have talent!!

[Jennifer]

This is adorable! Felt flowers are one of my favorite things!

I love that you paid attention to the baby's view! Most commercially available mobiles seem like they are made more as room decorations than baby entertainment.

[Van]

Cute and simple- not a bad deal on the price, either. I love crafts that are practically free!

[Tracy]

that is super cute!

[peek]

sitting here with my new lovely, flora jane, also born march 30, looking at mobiles to make. thanks for your post!

[Caitlin - Buy Backlinks]

How adorable! Well done! I'm pretty sure the baby's going to love it.

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[סידור הבית]

Gorgeous flower mobile tutorial. The design of this is wonderful. I never found such flower mobile. Thanks for this one.

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[מאפרת]

Awesome tutorial of flower mobile. I like too much. I will try out for this one on my next weekend.