Last month my "aunt" Patty (also my former 3rd Grade teacher and mom's best friend) commissioned me to make her soon-to-arrive grandson a baby mobile. The theme was "ocean" and her only request was that I include a sea turtle (her son's favorite animal).
I recently designed a whale pattern, so I really wanted to incorporate that into this mobile. This dark blue whale is keeping an eye on those fish...
The sea turtle pattern was adapted from here. The original pattern was for a pincushion and I made a few adjustments to the body and shell.
The jellyfish is a combination of felt and fringe. It was a happy coincidence that the colors matched exactly, as I bought the felt and fringe separately with different purposes in mind - they happily came together to create a jellyfish.
I loved how my crocheted starfish turned out in
the Under The Sea Adventure mobile, so I decided to replicate it in
sewn felt. You can see that French knots were used for the spines on the front, and a backstitch was used on the back.
The school of white fish are cut from thick wool felt and accented with gold thread. It's only now that I realize that the accent lines look similar to grill lines on cooked fish.
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