I feel so honored to be interviewed and featured in one of Malaysia’s leading English Daily, The Star, at the Craftypedia column. We had a long interview, head over to read more on what they had to say about me (click here), or get today’s copy from the newsstand. I am the cover story of The Star2 with a 2 full-page story and 2 half-page tutorial on this owl mobile!!!
I made this nursery owl mobile, “Forest of Owls”, to share with the readers and I am so happy that the columnist, Lee Mei Li, allowed me to share it here with you all. As many of you may have known that I just moved in to my new home and I still have plenty to work on for the home decor. These 2 sets of nursery owl mobiles (a pink and a blue) came in time for the kids’ rooms, one for my daughter and one for my son. I am glad that they love it dangling from their ceiling, watching them swing under a dim nightlight and to fall asleep.
The original plan was to design a similar owl from the owl key chain holder that my sister and I did few years ago. My friend told me, why not split the head and body and make them swing freely when the mobile moves. Good idea! So, I picked up my paper and pencil, sketched out a new owl and started working on it…. Later, I added more owls, a tree and some hearts to complete the whole nursery owl mobile.
Hope you love it and wish to see you start sewing it too, be it for your kids or as gifts for friend’s baby.
Click the diagram below to get the pdf pattern template
save the pdf document, open in acrobat reader to print it out.
O like it very much. O would like to learn to make it
This is a delightful tutorial. I made 3 mobiles for my little niece & nephews. Instead of the embroidery hoops, I found tiny circular plastic clothes dryer (the type to hang up small items like socks & underwear), removed the pegs & hung the owls, hearts & tree where the pegs used to be. Now I want to make one for myself too! Thank you Joanne. I’ve made quite a number of items from your blog & you never cease to amaze me. I’ll be attempting the sock animals next. Cheers!
You are absolutely right, the small circular hanger is great as the substitute!!! Thanks for sharing this great tips!
Hi, do u have slower video? Cant follow coz its so fast 🙂 cute pattern!
Sorry, Abby, I don’t have. Please use the pause button to pause in between.
Merci pour ce ravissant mobil.
Translation (by Google):
Thank you for this beautiful mobile.
I really really like this.
Thank you, Dipendra 🙂 Hope to see you sewing soon.
Hello Joanne 🙂
Just made this one for my self in pink (I´m 45 years old )
But I loooooooooove owls –
See it later on my blog – have to get it assembled first…. 😉
Thank you for all the lovely stuff you make her to enjoy – I do visit frequently to see new stuff
Keep up the fine and delicate work you are making
THANKS AGAIN
Lone from Denmark
the owls are so cute just like the crafter, happy to have found you
hi Loh, visited your site after i read it at The Star. Awesome site! Thanks for making the patterns free. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Jenny, will sure create more on this 🙂
Omg this is so cute! Thank you x
I’m telling you,you out did your self on this one.It’s cuter than you could buy in store,”’Great Job”” Cookie17