Full step by step tutorial to make your own baby mobile including MACRAME, HAND EMBROIDERY & NEEDLE FELTED WOOL BALLS.
This video is broken down into 3 parts.
MACRAME is the first part of the video and I will show you how to make spirals which is used to hold up the embroidery hoop.
HAND EMBROIDERY is the next part and I will show you how to make stars, letters and little lambs!
NEEDLE FELTED WOOL BALLS is the next part. This is a quick lesson on how to make the balls to hang on your baby mobile.
For more detailed instructions check out my video on “FELT GARLAND BALLS”. Here’s the link to the video:
Supplies needed:
Macrame:
-Inside of 10″ wood embroidery hoop
-1″ round key ring
-1 ball 1.5 oz of Bernat Handicrafter cotton in Pinky Stripes
-scissors
-tape measure
-large eyed tapestry needle
-Aleene’s tacky glue
Hand Embroidery:
-2 pieces light pink felt, dark pink felt, white felt and one piece of grey
-sharp pointed scissors
-white, pink and black DMC embroidery thread
-embroidery needle with large enough eye to thread 3 strands of the embroidery thread.
-polyester stuffing to fill your letters, stars and lambs
-Paper templates. I found images on the computer that I liked then printed them out on card stock. I used stars, letters and a lamb
-cardboard thread savers to keep extra thread tidy
-knitted needle, skewer or your scissors to tuck in the stuffing
-double sided tap
-Aleene’s tacky glue
-makeup blush and cu-tip to apply rosy cheeks on lambs
NEEDLE FELTED BALLS
-Wool roving in colours of choice
-2 – #38 star felting needles held together with a piece of plastic coffee stir stick
-Needle felting finger guards
-Firm foam block to felt on
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
-wooden clothes pegs
-Aleene’s tacky glue
-scissors
-a large eyed needle with a pointed end to thread on felted balls
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Music: Are You Sleeping, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Old MacDonald, Splashing Around. All songs by the Green Orbs on YouTube Audio Library
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