our little one has several paper lanterns and other things hanging in her room, and she absolutely loves them. when i saw the idea for this "chandelier", i knew it would be something that she would enjoy looking at and it seemed like it would be a fun and easy project. i was right!
i got the idea from this tutorial. i used regular embroidery hoops for mine, not quilting hoops because i didn't want it to be that large. i also used more material and used some thin and some thick strips of fabric. i had some of the fabric in my stash, and some of it was taken from the remnant bin.
i was thrilled to find this bird cage fabric in the remnant bin. it's just a joanne's design, but i thought it was so cute, it gave my chandelier the extra little boost that it needed, and it goes with all the bird things in the little one's room.
this project probably took me about 1.5 hours (with some breaks). i ironed the fabric, used my rotary cutter to cut it into strips, put the fabric strips around the embroidery hoops, and wired them together.
i worked on this project after the baby was in bed, so i hung it from our dining room ceiling lamp so i could admire it. i like it so much...i have to admit that it is still there. it helps with the january gloom we are experiencing lately. one of these days it will find it's way up to the little one's room.
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