I had a wooden quilt hoop that I just couldn't throw away. It's lived at a few addresses and served it's purpose, but was no longer needed, as I upgraded. When I was brainstorming how I wanted to make a mobile for my new baby, that quilt hoop came to mind. And it worked perfect!
1) Cut the inner hoop in half.
2) Drill a small hole in all four corners.
3) Drill a hole in the center to insert a screw eye and nut.
4) Cut four longish equal sized pieces of fishing line and tie them to the four corners.
5) Attach whatever you wish to the fishing line. I did origami boats and crabs. I found the pattern for boats in a book I had. I couldn't find an easy crab pattern in the books I had or online, so I created my own. I did the basic crane pattern. For the crane's would be wings, I tucked them inside. For the crane's would be tail and head, I folded to resemble claws. And then with little eyes, it's a crab. I used a needle and thread to loop the pieces on and then secured them with a knot.
6) Loop some string through the screw eye and hang from the ceiling.
Cost: $ 0.15 for the screw eye I had to buy.
Don't know whether you know this but mobiles similar to yours are selling on Etsy for $133.95. Searched every where for the way to make them and my idea of how to do it (adding a couple of tweaks I got from the photos on Etsy) match yours. I hope other people find your post to make these. Thanks.
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