finally...!

yay!

I finally got a shipment for my daughter's mobile today :)

I had been waiting for it for a looooooong time!

When I was looking for a pattern/how-to on baby mobiles,

I came across withthis how-to by Lupin.
As soon as I saw it, I was in love with it,

and knew this was the one for my daughter.

I went felt shopping at a local fabric store and got some nice colored felts.

Originally, I was going to use beads from my beading stash

instead of felt balls used in the how-to.

But, they were way too small for the project,

and I really liked how it looked with the felt balls.

So, decided to go on Etsy for felt ball hunting.

Found some sellers, but got these nice colored ones from feltgirlsupplies.

I was so excited when I saw the package in the mail box.

I FINALLY can finish it!!!!

Cutting out the butterflies was a quite time consuming repetitive work!

especially because I decided to double them.

but I managed :)

My original plan was to use interface yearn running in between two butterflies,

but I changed my mind and stitched them together, just like the how-to.

I think it was the right choice

- it adds a bit more 'handmade feel' to it and now they actually look like flying!

Sewing the balls and butterflies was a bit of work out too.

I didn't have the right needle and yearn was a bit too thick for the eye of the needle I used.

But in the end,

I am quite happy with how it turned out :)

and so is she :)!