Multi-colored embroidered clouds, soft stars and fluffy pompons in pastel colors evoke serenity and are pleasant to the eye. With such a mobile, your baby will quickly fall asleep with a strong and sweet dream.
You will need:
✽ cotton fabrics;
✽ filler for toys;
✽ thread for sewing;
✽ wool yarn of different colors;
✽ scissors;
✽ ruler;
✽ tailor pins;
✽ hand needles for sewing;
✽ wooden stick;
✽ trick marker;
✽ device for forming corners and edges;
✽ device for making pompons
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Step 1
On the wrong side of the fabric, draw a star motif.
Fold the two layers of fabric with their faces facing each other and sew them with a small stitch along the marked outline of the star, leaving a hole of approx. 3 cm for eversion.
Step 2
Cut the seam allowances to a width of approx. 2 mm and gently snip the corners.
Turn out a star.
Step 3
Correct the corners of a star with a device for forming corners and edges.
Iron.
Stuff the star with filler.
Sew the hole manually with a blind seam.
Basic Hand Stitches
Step 4
Draw the motive of the cloud on the front side of the fabric.
Embroider eyes and nose manually.
Fasten the thread to the knot.
Life hack: how to sew without knots and ponytails (video)
Step 5
Transfer the contours of the cloud from the front to the wrong side.
Fold two layers of fabric with their sides facing each other and sew with a small stitch along the contour, leaving a hole in the seam of approx. 3 cm for eversion.
Step 6
Cut the seam allowances to a width of approx. 2 mm and gently snip the corners.
Turn out a cloud, iron and fill with a filler.
Sew the hole manually with a blind seam.
Step 7
Using a special device, make pompons of different colors.
If you do not have a special device, you can make pompons yourself:
How to make a pompom: ways and tips
Life hack: how to make a pompom with a fork
Step 8
Lay out all the stars, clouds and pompons in the desired order.
Then they must be strung on woolen threads of different lengths and fixed.
Fix threads with mobile elements on a wooden stick.
Do-it-yourself mobile crib
DIY embroidery mobile
Source and photo: Burda 6/2019
