Baby — October 11, 2023

Felt Anemone Flower Mobile

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Baby — October 11, 2023

Felt Anemone Flower Mobile

Beginner

60min +

Tags maker crafts

Here is yet another example of a project that came to life because of a reader’s suggestion. Thank you for writing in with all of your wonderful craft ideas! When the idea was first proposed, there was no question that we loved it. This felt flower mobile would be a gorgeous addition to any nursery! And of course it is a great opportunity to make something handmade for your little bundle of joy.

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We Felt the Love!

Start this project by gathering your materials. You will need the inner circle of an embroidery hoop (the outer circle has a clamp, so do not use that one!), felt, embroidery floss, and ribbon. We chose a very springy color scheme for our flower mobile with light greens, yellows, blush pinks, and white, but feel free to choose any color scheme that you fancy. Next, choose a complementary color of embroidery floss and a pretty ribbon to hang your mobile once it is finished. Once you have your materials, begin by crafting your flowers. Find the template for our anemones and leaves below and use it as a guide for cutting your felt pieces. When your felt pieces are ready, follow the tutorial included (originally from this project) for crafting your flowers.

Instructions

Gather your tools and materials.
Assemble your felt flowers using the pattern and step-by-step photo tutorial below. When we first created these flowers, we used black roving wool for the anemone centers but we have listed two alternatives for centers. You can use a cotton spun ball (color with a black marker or use black paint), or a black wool pom pom.
Cut your leaves from green felt in sizes and variation of your choice. We cut 18 of the larger leaves, and 26 of the smaller.
Use an embroidery needle to string your flowers and leaves with embroidery floss. Assort your blooms and leaves randomly; we included some strands with only leaves, and some strands with both leaves and blooms.

Full tutorial available for members to download listed on the right hand side at the top of this post.

This flower mobile would be a great project to do as you prepare for your newborn, or it would make for a wonderful baby shower gift to a daughter or friend who is expecting. You can also get creative with this project! Make a flower mobile using the same technique with any felt bloom, like these cute tropical flowers, rose buds, or even some pretty succulents for fall. If you are interested in our other baby mobile projects, take a look at our hot air balloon mobile or our adorable paper raincloud mobile. Browse all of our baby projects and be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for a daily dose of cute! Enjoy ~ Lia & team

Tools

Craft Scissors
Cricut Maker 3 or Silhouette Cameo 4 (optional)
Low-Temp Hot Glue Gun
Embroidery Needle

Materials

10″ Embroidery Hoop (inner hoop without clamp only) or Lia Griffith Natural Wood Arch Mobile Frame
Lia Griffith’s Wool Blend Felt – Rose Quartz, White, Lemon, Lime, Fern, Juniper, Charcoal, Black
Embroidery Floss – DMC Very Light Avocado Green (471), Avocado Green (469)
Organza Ribbon – 5/8″ White
Options for Anemone centers:
- Cotton Spun Balls – 15mm (use a black marker to color)
- or Black Pom Poms – 1 cm
- or Needle Felting Roving Wool – Licorice

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58 Comments

Linda September 3, 2023 at 10:52am

This is so cute! Making for a friend’s new baby daughter.

What is the charcoal felt use for? I’ve made your other felt anemones before when just starting out but the fringe was black and that is what is appears to be in the photo tutorial.

What would you recommend for the length of the ribbons?

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1. Lia September 3, 2023 at 6:21pm
  
  @Linda
  
  This is an older project and at this point we recommend the option at the end, which is using the black felt balls for the centers. She did use the charcoal for the fringe, but you can just use black. The ribbon was used to wrap the hoop, but we now have these beautiful arched mobiles that really do not need covered. It might be time to update this adorable project! 😉
  
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Katie June 17, 2021 at 7:26pm

Are there step by step directions for this? I can’t tell how many of each item to cut. I think there are 3 of each color flower based off the picture above but I can’t tell how many leaves. I saw a previous comment however it looks like there are far more leaves.

Also when I upload it to Design Space the cut lines for the black center part and not attached to the black rectangle. Im not sure where to place them.

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1. Lia June 21, 2021 at 8:09am
  
  @Katie
  
  Hi Katie! I updated the post with some more details, added a PDF download with instructions, and fixed the SVG! We created this project several years ago and did not photograph as many step-by-step tutorials then (our team was much smaller 😉 ) Hopefully the added details will help!
  
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Sandra February 13, 2021 at 8:10pm

Do you happen to have .svg files?

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1. Lia February 16, 2021 at 10:43am
  
  @Sandra
  
  The SVG files for this one are already available 🙂
  
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Cara September 26, 2020 at 3:01am

What an adorable craft! I love it. My kiddos have been asking to learn about the moon, stars, and clouds again. Perhaps sometime soon. I’m definitely pinning this activity. Thank you so much for sharing!

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1. Lia September 28, 2020 at 8:02am
  
  @Cara
  
  How sweet!
  
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Pam July 21, 2020 at 1:25pm

Attempting to make this mobile. How long of embroidery floss did you use for each strand of leaves & flowers?

TIA

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1. Lia July 24, 2020 at 9:28am
  
  @Pam
  
  Hi Pam,
  
  Sorry, but we do not have the measurements for the embroidery floss. You will one skeins of floss for this project and we would suggest your lowest hanging piece be no more than 12 inches below the hoop. You can vary the length of your floss between 7 inches and 15 inches.
  
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Jamesine February 18, 2018 at 11:08pm

Hi Lia,

I am buying the materials for this from Benzie Design right now, including the felt balls for the center. How big are the felt balls in your design?

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1. Lia February 19, 2018 at 2:45pm
  
  @Jamesine
  
  We made them with roving wool but they’re about .5″
  
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Madeline February 11, 2018 at 9:06am

I was wondering if you have a recommendation on what needle I should use?

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1. Lia February 12, 2018 at 9:40pm
  
  @Madeline
  
  A size 2 embroidery needle will work great!
  
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Madeline February 5, 2018 at 2:06pm

Wondering if this could be made on the cricut?

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1. Lia February 6, 2018 at 8:57am
  
  @Madeline
  
  Yes! If you’re using the Cricut Explore, you will need to stabilize the felt first before you can cut it.
  
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Prathibha February 3, 2018 at 8:43pm

How do you hang the mobile? Hooks from the ceiling?

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1. Lia February 4, 2018 at 12:40pm
  
  @Prathibha
  
  Yes, that’s what I would do 🙂
  
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Diane July 26, 2017 at 8:16pm

Just wondering what size embroidery hoop you used?

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1. Lia July 31, 2017 at 8:03am
  
  @Diane
  
  We used an 8″ wooden embroidery hoop.
  
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Amanda March 6, 2017 at 2:32pm

I’ve got all my flowers assembled, but I’m having a heck of a time poking a needle through that conglomeration of hot glue to string them up. Is there some secret? I only retrieved my thimble AFTER I managed to stab the head of the needle through my thumb…

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1. Lia March 15, 2017 at 9:21am
  
  @Amanda
  
  Ouch! 🙁 I use just enough glue to keep the petals closed, but not so much that it creates a problem to sew them together. I’m sorry for the trouble!
  
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Gay February 26, 2017 at 10:15pm

I feel that some of your templates are much smaller than the pictured example. Is this so?

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1. Lia February 27, 2017 at 9:12am
  
  @Gay
  
  No, they shouldn’t be different. We rarely change the template after photographing it.
  
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mandersoncoops February 22, 2017 at 10:12am

how much embroidery floss would you buy? i was thinking two skeins to be safe?

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1. Lia February 22, 2017 at 3:13pm
  
  @mandersoncoops
  
  Two should be plenty 🙂
  
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Silvia February 17, 2017 at 12:52pm

How many of each size leaves am I supposed to cut out? Instructions don’t specify.
Also, there are no detailed instructions on how to cover the hoop. I’ve never done this before. I find it confusing. Can you please explain?

Thanks,
Silvia

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1. Lia February 17, 2017 at 6:53pm
  
  @Silvia
  
  We cut 18 of the larger leaves, and 26 of the smaller– but you can certainly use more or less than that if you want. We didn’t catch photos covering the hoop (we didn’t intend that to be part of the original project), but cut two long strips of white felt, wrapped it around the hoop and glued it closed on the inside of the ring. You can see in the second picture how the seam runs along the inside of the hoop horizontally. The hoop could be painted white, or left its natural color as well!
  
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  1. Amanda March 6, 2017 at 2:36pm
    
    @Lia
    
    How many of the medium-sized leaves from the template did you use?
    
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    1. Lia March 8, 2017 at 9:32am
      
      @Amanda
      
      We used about 10, though it is really dependent on how long the strings on the mobile are, as well as how full you want it to look!
      
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2. Marcela April 4, 2020 at 8:42pm
  
  @Silvia
  
  Hey! I am currently working in this for my baby girl 🙂
  
  I am wondering what can I used instead of felt balls? I haven’t been able to find the right size ones. Any suggestions?
  
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  1. Lia April 6, 2020 at 1:16pm
    
    @Marcela
    
    Hi Marcela,
    
    You could use our small cotton spun balls or wooden beads, cover either with a piece of black felt or paint black. 🙂 https://shopliagriffith.com/product/small-cotton-spun-balls-pack-of-24/
    
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Heather November 10, 2016 at 8:21pm

I am in love with this! I can’t wait to make it for my baby girl due the first of March! I was wondering how many sheets of felt you used or would recommend for each color? Thanks!

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1. Lia November 11, 2016 at 7:39am
  
  @Heather
  
  Congrats, Heather! We love to order from Benzie Design and usually pick up 2 sheets os 9×12 (prefer to have extras on hand!) We used Chartreuse, Moss and Meadow for the leaves, Butter, Blush and White for the flowers (and Black and Graphite for the centers).
  
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  1. Laura February 18, 2020 at 5:49pm
    
    @Lia
    
    two sheets of each of those colors? as in 6 sheets of green and 6 sheets of flower colors? Does that include 2 black and 2 graphite??
    
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    1. Lia February 19, 2020 at 11:23am
      
      @Laura
      
      Hi Laura,
      
      Sorry for your confusion, to make this mobile you will only need one sheet of 12″x18″ felt in each color.
      
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      1. Laura February 19, 2020 at 4:48pm
        
        @Lia
        
        I mean that is the same area as 2x12x9, so same question: For 12×18″ sheets, 3 sheets of flower colors and 6 sheets of leaf colors? plus one black and one graphite…
      2. Lia February 20, 2020 at 9:19am
        
        @Laura
        
        If you are purchasing the 9×12 sheets of felt I would suggest purchasing 2 sheets of each color you would like to use for the flowers and leaves. You will only need one sheet each of the black and grey.
Janet September 30, 2016 at 2:32am

Thanks for the tutorial, can’t wait to make it! Just wondering what size embroidery hoop you used? Thanks.

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1. Lia September 30, 2016 at 9:31am
  
  @Janet
  
  The hoop was 8 inches!
  
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Katherine August 23, 2016 at 8:44am

Lia, I absolutely love this mobile! I am having a hard time finding the felt I need. I’ve tried local craft stores but they only offer primary colors and a few other bright bold hues. Do you have any recommendations for retailers that offer a wide variety of colors? Or better yet, where you purchased the colors you used since I will be trying to recreate exactly what you’ve done!

Thanks!

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1. Lia August 23, 2016 at 9:15am
  
  @Katherine
  
  We often order from Benzie Design which has a great selection of felt colors. For this project we used: blush, white, smoke, butter, fern, and 1.5cm black felt balls. The bright yellow-green was from a local fabric store, but Benzie’s pistachio color would look nice as a replacement option!
  
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JACLYN June 14, 2016 at 9:03am

Love this! How did you get the little pinch in the top of the leaves? Hot glue?

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1. Lia June 14, 2016 at 10:04am
  
  @JACLYN
  
  Yes! A dab of hot glue, then pinch 🙂
  
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Desi April 12, 2016 at 3:00am

Gorgeous!

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1. Lia April 19, 2016 at 8:18pm
  
  @Desi
  
  Thank you, I am so glad to hear you like it!
  
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Lynda April 8, 2016 at 6:31pm

How precious are those flowers; the colors sing to me. Thanks for sharing the tute.

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1. Lia April 12, 2016 at 11:56am
  
  @Lynda
  
  I am so glad you like them!! Thank you 🙂
  
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Emily April 7, 2016 at 6:13pm

So perfect!!! Thanks for this tutorial!!!!

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1. Lia April 8, 2016 at 9:34am
  
  @Emily
  
  You’re so welcome! 🙂
  
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  1. Emily April 15, 2016 at 8:50am
    
    @Lia
    
    And its done and ready to hang…what a fun and cute project!! Thanks again!
    
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    1. Lia April 15, 2016 at 9:15am
      
      @Emily
      
      Yay!! I am so glad that it all worked out! Your baby must be due any day now 🙂 Congratulations!! Feel free to send in some photos to us so we can share your work!
      
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      1. Lia April 15, 2016 at 9:22am
        
        @Lia
        
        Oh wait….I just saw the picture! So cute!!
      2. Emily April 15, 2016 at 10:34am
        
        @Lia
        
        Thanks! 🙂