After a long break from blogging, I am back in the hunt! I needed to focus on some other things - such as incubating a beautiful new baby for nine months. Now with my maternity leave ahead of me I thought it would be fun to post about all of the baby-related projects I've been working on.
Our nursery has a modern safari theme, and I wanted to add in a felt baby mobile with jungle animals. I saw a ton of really great ones on Etsy when I was getting ready to decorate but I couldn't quite bring myself to pay ~$80 for one. It didn't seem too difficult to tackle myself.
Supplies:
wool felt squares (ordered the nice stuff off of Etsy / 100% wool vs. the acrylic plasticy kind in 8x10 sheets that are ~2.75 ea.)
embroidery thread ($0 / existing supply)
thin quilt batting ($0 / existing supply)
little wood findings from Michael's and a wood star ($3)
fabric scraps ($0)
orange ribbon ($2)
mounting hardware (Amazon $15)
This project can be a little time consuming but it really gives you an instant feeling of accomplishment because you can work on one animal at a time.. .unlike the baby's Christmas stocking (that project has been dragging on since I was in my second trimester). Felt is the way to go on this, because it doesn't unravel. Just sew it up with a little embroidery thread and with a little batting in the middle of each shape. I made an elephant, crocodile, lion, giraffe, and a bird.
I finished this when I was 39 weeks pregnant, and had the baby at 40+ 5.
Now for the pictures... I hope our baby will get lots of entertainment out of this!
I am thinking about blogging our pictures from some home improvement work we are doing, but I have to check with my hubby if he wants his work spread around the far corners of the internet first.
More to come! Would love to hear from anyone else out there that loves getting inspiration from Etsy baby projects.
Our nursery has a modern safari theme, and I wanted to add in a felt baby mobile with jungle animals. I saw a ton of really great ones on Etsy when I was getting ready to decorate but I couldn't quite bring myself to pay ~$80 for one. It didn't seem too difficult to tackle myself.Supplies:
wool felt squares (ordered the nice stuff off of Etsy / 100% wool vs. the acrylic plasticy kind in 8x10 sheets that are ~2.75 ea.)
embroidery thread ($0 / existing supply)
thin quilt batting ($0 / existing supply)
little wood findings from Michael's and a wood star ($3)
fabric scraps ($0)
orange ribbon ($2)
mounting hardware (Amazon $15)
This project can be a little time consuming but it really gives you an instant feeling of accomplishment because you can work on one animal at a time.. .unlike the baby's Christmas stocking (that project has been dragging on since I was in my second trimester). Felt is the way to go on this, because it doesn't unravel. Just sew it up with a little embroidery thread and with a little batting in the middle of each shape. I made an elephant, crocodile, lion, giraffe, and a bird.
I finished this when I was 39 weeks pregnant, and had the baby at 40+ 5.
Now for the pictures... I hope our baby will get lots of entertainment out of this!
I am thinking about blogging our pictures from some home improvement work we are doing, but I have to check with my hubby if he wants his work spread around the far corners of the internet first.
More to come! Would love to hear from anyone else out there that loves getting inspiration from Etsy baby projects.
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