Ribbon Mobile

Thursday, June 06, 2019
I'm helping a friend out with her nursery.  She is doing a lot of purple, and a little pink, and all the monograms.  I've made quite a few flowers, but I was trying to think of a fun mobile to go in her room, and saw these little guys on the web.  They are really simple to put together, and they would be cute in the corner of a room hanging from a ceiling as well.  
 I bought a 10 inch embroidery hoop, and 11 different ribbon spools.  I didn't use all the ribbon from each spool, but I did need 6 feet of each (as you are measuring, just to let you know this took 66 feet of ribbon).  Hobby Lobby has their ribbon on sale every other week, so I always wait for a sale week for projects like this, and they had a bunch of fun textures. 
 I looped these onto the outer ring.  I cut each piece 24 inches and folded them in half. 
 I pulled the ends through the loop, and pulled to tighten. 
 You could add a glue dot at this point, but I used the inner circle later just to hold them into place. 
 I figured out my 'pattern' and did three rounds of each ribbon. 
I then put two pieces of twine criss cross across the top and attached the inner hoop and tightened to hold it all in place.  Simple, cute, and it definitely hit the girly quota!

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