I've been making up lots of bundles of felt squares today and taking the opportunity to do a bit of stock-taking while I'm at it... so my house has been covered with colourful felt all day! (starting to look a bit tidier now, but only just).
No time for sewing today, so instead some snaps of an order I finished a little while ago which has just arrived at its destination - a
custom mobile in bright modern colours.
Each custom mobile order starts out with my customer & I working together to pick colours, and these were the yummy ones we went with:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVrhJwT7vuLTnM7lTWJsn_JSq_akEr2UqMuNWjiAP9sdy5Qw5pVjtQgwdkGd7Oc9hXVhEER6ckNg6FXWb7jUgVvaPU7ghrs518vabsxfm7gRMaVEilappoPLRnb9_V7LEBrZ8dNk9hHI/s400/colours2.jpg)
Then I got to work cutting out lots and lots of shapes, leaving
lots of colourful scraps left over. I never use a pattern, just mix shapes and colours freehand to make each mobile unique.
After much sewing, eventually all the discs were finished:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUQPdyaqC6f6Y0WIh3wrK7K3WwcmKNJxsxunedO1flmHpZlXh2GgwHM1oZISczcb2A412NClulxHkRlygrrgouviTnd4q-ZvkCD_926ZFrZCxq2Hrkak6gmO2UN5nTkcDdH-uKbLtr7U/s400/mobile1.jpg)
Then I arranged them into strands and stitched them all onto their ribbons ready for hanging in their new home:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK93i-3hwQN5kFqWuVrFQ4bjU_5m4GsYUDHdQBRTgwpTSvBwj1HoCvTxZFUDqSVpeMt7w0jsejKfrhxsvtUPQtZHZQyStpl9ADu3zPmBM_hxhKTyBgE6d2FPf1_iomenDEbIy2HtCQD3E/s400/mobile5.jpg)
Finally I took lots of snaps to record the piece before I put it in the post to its new owner!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXebXwjgVZUpo05gKGJL0c2i3ROn4VZF_F_Vt1HEsENaAZrYAcItbTjXDG_SH8fNMyQziarDaMTR1yntqMbRi3AN6FXncGu8aREdd22LOslvmOFTI-qqnnJhijzd7eqOioIiwFrLwWjg/s400/mobile2.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5ad3KekCggpRT3qOTrg-tMhcngWbiT1GXR1RMnfIzJabg5mz3NS8TWB4zoL6iPa4ufuQJ308abk2Rd_3dXEJ2YHBk2JHjz20A6Gze_lxSvU4zRqb2w7_r9Khx-H5ED1mrlEcoQn5PrU/s400/mobile3.jpg)
9 comments:
These are beautiful!
This was the project that first brought me to your blog! Love them & hope to get around to trying this myself sometime soon.
What a fun job, surrounded by all of those beautiful colors! Looks like a lot of work too; I'm sure there's lots of satisfaction having it done!
Gorgeous colours! How do you attach the ribbon -do you sew it down the back of the discs? X
Thanks guys! As I mentioned, this isn't one of my project tutorials, it's a design I created to sell in my shop :) http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25309176 The mobiles are double sided, with the ribbon running through the middle.
I absolutely love this.
What a beautiful riot of colour
love n light
Chris
I've never seen anything like these mobiles. I hope they prove to be very popular for you!
Lovely, colourful, and I'm sure they would make a feature anywhere.
So pretty! They remind me of peacock feathers! :)
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