Birdy Mobile

Okay, I finished the bird mobile I wanted to make for littlest fishes bedroom. It was a bit trickier than I thought it would be to balance the sticks and have everything hanging nicely but i got there in the end.

Making the birds was easy as I used the free pattern from Spool sewing's website and just added some felt wings as I thought they looked a little bare. And I actually managed to make a nest though the one I put on the mobile wasn't the one I made from the fabric scraps.

I decided to use wool for the mobile one as I liked the way in which the first one was made but wasn't happy with the finished look. So I made up the wool one in exactly the same way but it looked a bit more like a nest. I might put on a quick tutorial on how to make the nest as it was really easy and is fun to do.

I lined the nest with some speckledy feathers and put some "eggs" in the nest. (they were actually silk worm cocoons that were dyed a nice bright red.

I started off using wire to attach the birds to the sticks but that got a bit messy and they weren't staying put in their spots, they kept slipping around the stick.

so I tried the hot glue gun instead and that seemed to work quite well. I still used wire to string the branches together and hold the nest on. All in all it was a good project to try and it looks pretty hanging in her room.

Finished and Started

I actually got a bit of crafting done yesterday as Mr fish was home to help with the child wrangling. I finished the latest quilt of love that has been waiting for the binding to be put on. So I'm managing to keep up with my goal (so far).

I also got all these fabrics out and cut out some shapes that will soon be little birds for littlest fishes mobile. I've got ten cut out so I'm hoping that will be enough for a decent looking display.

This jumble of offcuts has plans to become something too. I'm not sure exactly how but a little nest is in my head and i'm going to attempt one so if it works i'll let you know!

I'm thinking some wire and some little feathers scattered throughout as well as some bits of thread. I can picture it but whether it comes out like that or not is a whole other story.